2018 Officers & Directors
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President | Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 Christian T. Gloria, PhD, CHES Associate Professor of Public Health, Hawaii Pacific University Interests/Expertise: Health Behavior; Health Education; Program Planning; Stress, Coping, & Emotions; Resilience of Disadvantaged Youth; Filipino Populations; Plant-Based Diet Email: cgloria@hawaiipublichealth.org LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cgloriaphd |
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Immediate Past President | Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 Ethan Allen, PhD STEM Director, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning Interests/Expertise: Drinking Water Improvement in Remote Pacific Islands Email: ethan@hawaiipublichealth.org |
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Vice President | Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 Jessica Yamauchi, MA |
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Secretary | Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 Colby Takeda, MBA Community Program Manager, Sharecare Interests/Expertise: Age-Friendly Communities; Education; Intergenerational Relationships; Youth Empowerment LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/colbytakeda |
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Treasurer | Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 Margaret Walkover, MPH |
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Affiliate Representative to the Governing Council (ARGC) of the American Public Health Association (APHA) | Jan 2016 - Dec 2018 Hali Robinett, MPH |
DIRECTORS AT-LARGE |
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Oahu Director At-Large | Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 Cheryl Soo Hoo, MPH, CPH Director of Market Operations, Navvis Healthcare Interests/Expertise: Community Health; HIV; HCV; Tobacco; Mental Health; PCMH; Practice Transformation; Payment Reform Email: cheryl.soohoo@navvishealthcare.com |
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Oahu Director At-Large | Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 Michelle Tagorda, MPH Program Coordinator, Health Careers Opportunity Program Office of Student Equity, Excellence, & Diversity; University of Hawaii at Manoa Interests/Expertise: Workforce Development; Rural Health; Tobacco; Social Determinants of Health LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michelletagorda |
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Maui Director At-Large | Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 John A. H. Tomoso+, MSW, ACSW, LSW Social Worker and Episcopal Priest Interests/Expertise: Public Policy; Community Development; Aging/Gerontology Phone: (808) 280-1749 Email: john.a.h.tomoso@gmail.com |
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Director At-Large (from outside of Oahu) | Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 Vacant |
EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS |
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Director of the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Bruce Anderson, PhD |
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Appointed Representative of Bruce Anderson (Director of DOH) Jill Tamashiro, MPH |
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Professor & Chair of the Department of Public Health Hawaii Pacific University Lyndall Ellingson, PhD, CHES Interests/Expertise: Sexual & Gender Minority Well-Being; Social Determinants of Health; Social Justice; Participatory Action Research |
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Director of the Office of Public Health Studies (OPHS) University of Hawaii at Manoa Kathryn Braun, DrPH, MPH |
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Appointed Representative of Kathryn Braun (Director of OPHS) Vanessa Buchthal, DrPH, MSPH Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Public Health Program Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa Interests/Expertise: Food Insecurity; Poverty; Food Systems Email: opalb@hawaii.edu |
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Student President of Public Health Club Hawaii Pacific University Rachel Gonzales, BSPH Student |
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Appointed Representative of the Student President of Hui Ola Pono University of Hawaii at Manoa Keala Patterson, BSHS, MPH Student Interests/Expertise: Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health; Ethnic Health Inequities |