The membership of the Board of Directors consists of the president, president-elect, secretary-treasurer, immediate past president, the public health local institutional member representative, the associate institutional member representative and three elected members-at-large. The president serves as chairperson of the Board of Directors, and the executive director is an ex-officio member.
The board meets monthly by conference call and quarterly in person. It manages the association’s strategic planning process and provides financial oversight for the organization. Its meeting schedule is public, and any member may request to be included on one of their agendas at any time.
APHL Board of Directors, 2009-2010
Susan Neill, PhD, MBA, president
chief, Bureau of Laboratories, Texas Department of Health
Patrick Luedtke, MD, president-elect
laboratory director, Utah Division of Epidemiology and Lab Services
Frances Downes, DrPH, past president
director, Public Health Laboratory, Michigan Department of Community Health
David A. Butcher, MBA, MT(ASCP)SM, secretary-treasurer
director, Laboratory Services Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Jack DeBoy, II, DrPH, MPH, member-at-large
director, Maryland Laboratories Administration, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Mary Celotti, MS, member-at-large
laboratory director, Vermont Department of Health Laboratory
Charles Brokopp, DrPH, MPH, member-at-large
director, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Yvonne Salfinger, MS, associate institutional director representative
bureau chief, Bureau of Food Labs, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Sally Liska, DrPH, local institutional director representative
laboratory director, San Francisco Public Health Laboratory
Scott J. Becker, MS, ex-officio
executive director, Association Public Health Laboratories