Governance

The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) was initially governed by the board of incorporators (BOI).  The BOI evolved into the first board of directors when PHAB was incorporated in May 2007. The board is supported by a team of APHA, ASTHO, NACCHO and NALBOH staff. The current PHAB board of directors is composed of:

Rex Archer MD, MPH

Director, Kansas City Health Department

Kaye Bender, RN, PhD, FAAN

Dean, School of Nursing

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP*

Executive Director

American Public Health Association

Shepard N. Cohen, MPA

Health Care Consultant

Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH

State Health Director

North Carolina Division Of Public Health

Marie Fallon, MHSA*

Executive Director

National Association of Local Boards of Health

Albert C. Gray, PhD, CAE (ex-officio)

Executive Director

Public Health Accreditation Board

Fernando A. Guerra, MD, MPH

Director of Health
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

Paul K Halverson, DrPH, MHSA, FACHE

Director of Health and State Health Officer

Arkansas Department of Health

Edward A. Harrison

President

National Commission on Correctional Health Care

Paul Jarris, MD, MBA*

Executive Director

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Kenneth W. Kerik, MPH, RS

Member of Ohio Public Health Council

Patrick M. Libbey*

Executive Director

National Association of County and City Health Officials

Carol Moehrle

Director, North Central Idaho District Health Department

Judy Monroe, MD

Indiana State Health Commissioner

Bud Nicola, MD, MHSA, FACPM

Senior Consultant and CDC assignee to the

RWJF Turning Point National Program Office

Alonzo L. Plough, MPH, MD

Vice President, Strategy, Planning and Evaluation

The California Endowment

William Riley, PhD

Associate Dean, School of Public Health

University of Minnesota

F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD

Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy
University of Kentucky

H. Sally Smith

Chair, National Indian Health Board

* Initial Board of Incorporators Members. These initial four Board members will leave the Board of Directors in 2008.