Board of Directors

About the Board of Directors

The Board is the association’s public face, representing all its members in matters of policy, advocacy and collaboration.

As the governing body of the association, the Board of Directors is responsible for establishing strategic initiatives to achieve APHL’s mission and providing oversight to the membership and staff to ensure that the association’s goals are met each year.

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