GPHA Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President
Jimmie H. Smith, Jr., MD, MPH
President-Elect
Beverley A. Townsend, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Vice President

Cicely Thomas, DCN, M.Ed., RDN, LD, FAND

Secretary
Jessica Pavlick, DrPH, MPH
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
Treisha Johnson, MPH
Immediate Past President
D. Stephen Goggans, MD, MPH

Executive Board

  • APHA Representative: Colin Smith, DrPH, MS, CPH
  • NALBOH Representative: Jack Bernard, MPA
  • Representative At-Large: Amber Erickson, DrPH, MPH
  • Representative At-Large: Carla Coley, REHS
  • Academic: Bobbie Newell
  • Administration: Kimberly Lee
  • Board of Health: Jack Bernard
  • Career Development: Shelby Rentmeester
  • Communications: Kristin Patten
  • Environmental Health: Lauren Baker-Newton
  • Epidemiology: Morgan Granger
  • Health Education and Promotion: Rhonda McLeod
  • Health Information and Information Technology: Zynith Robinson
  • Laboratory: Leontyne Dunn
  • Maternal and Child Health: Cynthia Colquitt
  • Medical/Dental: Jorge Bernal
  • Nursing: Cindi Hart
  • Nutrition: Gwenna Egart
  • Rural/Primary Health Care: Ketarya Hunt Bass
  • Safety and Health Preparedness: Susan Beckham