AMCHP 2011 Board of Directors
President (2011-2013)
Stephanie Birch, RNC, MPH, MS, FNP
Section Chief of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health
MCH Title V/CSHCN Director
Division of Public Health, DHSS
State of Alaska
Member of Executive Committee
Member of Legislative & Health Care Financing Committee
President-Elect (2011-2013)
Katherine J. Bradley, PhD, RN
Administrator, Office of Family Health
Public Health Division
Oregon Department of Human Services
Member of Executive, Finance, Emerging Issues, and Governance Committees
Committee Co-Chaired: Workforce & Development Committee
Past President (2011-2013)
Phyllis J. Sloyer RN, PhD
Division Director, Division of Children's Medical Services
FL Department of Health
Committee Chair: Executive Committee
Committee Co-Chair: Legislative & Health Care Financing Committee
Ex-Officio for Finance Committee and Governance Committee
Secretary (2010-2012)
Loretta Fuddy, ACSW, MPH
Chief, Family Health Services Division
HI State Department of Health
Committee Chaired: Finance Committee
Member of Executive Committee
Treasurer (2010-2012)
Melinda Sanders, MS(N), RN
Section Administrator, Section for Healthy Families and Youth
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Member of Executive Committee
Committee Chair: Finance Committee
Board Members
For a list of the states and territories in each DHHS region, click here.
Region I (2010-2013)
Lisa Bujno, BSN, MSN, ARNP
Chief, Bureau of Community Health Services
Division of Public Health Services, NH DHHS
Concord, NH
Committee Chaired: Governance Committee
Region II (2011-2014)
Gloria Rodriguez
Director, Special Child, Adult and Early Intervention Services
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Trenton, NJ
Region III (2011-2014)
Alisa Maria Olshefsky, MPH
Chief, Family Health and Systems Management
DE Division of Public Health
Dover, DE
Region IV (2009-2012)
Daniel R. Bender, M.H.S.
Director of Health Services
Mississippi Department of Health
Jackson, MS
Region V (2011-2014)
Alethia Carr
Director, Bureau of Family, Maternal and Child Health
Michigan Department of Community Health
Lansing, MI
Region VI (2010-2013)
Suzanna Dooley, MS, ARNP
Chief, Maternal and Child Health Service
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Oklahoma City, OK
Committee Co-Chaired: Workforce & Development Committee
Region VII (2011-2014)
Mark Shiff, MPA, CPCM
Director, Special Health Care Services/NBS
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Topeka, KS
Member of New Director Mentor Program Committee
Region VIII (from 2009 to 2012)
Karen Trierweiler, MS, CNM
Director, Center for Healthy Families & Communities
Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
Denver, CO
Member of Emerging Issues Committee
Region IX (2010-2013)
Les Newman
Assistant Division Chief
CA State Department of Public Health
Sacramento, CA
Member of Finance Committee
Region X (2010-2013)
Maria Nardella, MA, RD, CD
Manager, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
Community and Family Health
WA State Department of Health
Olympia, WA
Director-At-Large I (2009-2012)
Annette Phelps, ARNP, MSN
Director, Division of Family Health Services
FL Department of Health
Tallahassee, FL
Member of Governance, MCH Epidemiology, and New Director Mentor Program Committees
Director-At-Large I (2011-2013)
Debra B. Waldron, MD, MPH, FAAP
Director and Chief Medical Officer
Child Health Specialty Clinics
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Iowa City, IA
Family Representative (2009-2012)
Eileen Forlenza
Director, Colorado Medical Home Initiative
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Unit
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Denver, CO
Elected Family Representative (2011-2014)
Kris Green
Autism and Parent Services Manager
Division of Public Health, DHSS, DPH
Anchorage, AK