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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.

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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 two public health local institutional member representatives, 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, 2011 - 2012


Victor Waddell, PhD, president
bureau chief, Arizona Bureau of Laboratory Services

Charles Brokopp, DrPH, MPH, president elect
director, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

David A. Butcher, MBA, MT(ASCP)SM, secretary-treasurer
director, Laboratory Services Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Mary Celotti, MS, member-at-large
laboratory director, Vermont Department of Health Laboratory

Christine Bean, PhD, MBA, MT(ASCP), member- at- large
laboratory director, New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories

Ewa King, PhD, member- at- large
laboratory director, Rhode Island State Health Laboratories

Dan Rice, associate institutional member representative
laboratory director, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets

Mimi Lachica, MA, local institutional member representative
laboratory services officer, Long Beach Public Health Laboratory

Mary Sue Kitchen, MT(ASCP), local institutional member representative 
laboratory director, Fairfax County Health Department Laboratory

Frances Pouch Downes, DrPH, past president
laboratory director, Michigan Public Health Laboratory

Scott J. Becker, MS, ex-officio

executive director, Association Public Health Laboratories