Purpose

The Public Health Practice Advisory Board is composed of members of the public health workforce within Georgia. This Board will range in size from 10-15 public health practitioners. The administrator of the Office of Public Health Practice and Community Service within JPHCOPH will oversee the meetings and the functioning of this Board. Members are appointed by the Dean in consultation with the faculty on an annual basis. The Public Health Practice Advisory Board is responsible for the following:

• Advising the Dean on issues related to the practice of public health within Georgia;
• Advising the Dean on curriculum related issues important to the public health practice community;
• Assisting in the development of community-based partnerships for research and outreach/practice opportunities;
• Assisting in the development and maintenance of practicum experiences for our students;
• Assisting in the development of workforce development continuing education programs to be offered by JPHCOPH; and
• Communicating JPHCOPH information to the public health workforce within Georgia.

Members of the Board

Jodi Bazemore, MS, District Epidemiologist , South Central Health District 5.1 (Dublin, GA)

Mike Backus, MS, Director of Development, Boys & Girls Club (Statesboro, GA)

Carla Belcher, CEO Community Health Care Systems, Inc (Sandersville, GA)

Dwain Butler, M.S., District Director of Environmental Health, Southeast Health District 9.2 (Waycross, GA)

Katherine Cummings, MA, Executive Director, Georgia Rural Health Association (Sandersville, GA)

Steve Davidson, MEd, Project Director, Rural Roads Initiative and Smoke Alarm Programs, Injury Prevention Program, Georgia Department of Community Health (Jesup, GA)

Lawton C. Davis, MD, District Health Director, South Central Health District 5.1 (Dublin, GA)

Jennie Wren Denmark, BBA, CEO East Georgia Health Cooperative (Swainsboro, GA)

W. Lee Domenick, Jr., BA, MDiv, Rector, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Jesup, GA)

Shelby Freeman, MPH, MSW, Public Health Liaison, District 9.2 Liaison (Statesboro, GA)

Mark Harden, MPA, Director of Environmental Health and Emergency Preparedness, South Central Health District 5.1 (Dublin, GA)

Cindi Hart, RN, MSN, Nurse Manager, Bulloch County and Evans County Health Departments (Statesboro, GA)

Andrea Hinojosa, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Southeast Georgia Communities Project (Lyons, GA)

Denise Kornegay, MSW, Georgia Program Director, Statewide AHEC Network, (Augusta, GA)

Annette Neu, RN, MHS, CIC, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Coastal Health District 9.1 (Savannah, GA)

Charles Owens, MSA, Executive Director, State Office of Rural Health,  Georgia Department of Community Health (Cordele, GA)

Rosemarie Parks, MD, MPH, District Health Director, Southeast Health District 9.2 (Waycross GA)

Mary-Kate Pung, MSPH, Center Director, Magnolia Coastlands AHEC (Statesboro, GA)

Hollard Phillips, MS, MPH, Director of the Office Emergency Preparedness, Southeast Health District 9.2 (Waycross, GA)

W. Douglas Skelton, MD, District Health Director, Coastal Health District 9.1 (Savannah, GA)

Donna Whitt, RN, Staff Educator, East Georgia Regional Medical Center (Statesboro, GA)

Clarence Williams, Jr. Pastor, First Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church (Savannah, GA)

G. David Williamson, PhD, Director , Division of Health Studies, ATSDR (Atlanta, GA)

Ketty M. Gonzalez, MD, District Health Director, East Central Health District (Augusta, GA).