Public Health Advisory Board
The Public Health Advisory Board provides diverse perspectives, advice, and input to the Department of Public Health on its direction, priorities, and opportunities. Membership on this board represents a variety of sectors, including governmental public health agencies (state, district, local), health service organizations, community stakeholders, professional associations, employers, and alumni.
- Co-Chair: Justice Mbizo, Dr.PH, Chair and Associate Professor & (Co-Chair: Daudet Tshiswaka, Ph.D.)
- Public health department representative: Marie Mott, JD, MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN, Health Officer | Administrator, Florida Department of Health, Escambia County
- Public health department representative: R. Matthew Dobson, MS | Administrator, Florida Department of Health, Santa Rosa County
- Public health department representative: Elizabeth (Beth) Smith, MSN, RN, Florida Department of Health, Okaloosa County
- Public health department representative: Christine Syfrett, MPH, epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health, Okaloosa County
- Public health department representative: Shaun May, MPH, REHS, Environmental Health Services Director, Larimer County Department of Health and Environment Windsor, Colorado
- Public Health Faculty, Melanie Sutton, Ph.D., Professor (Chair of the MPH Accreditation and Programmatic Assessment Committee)
- Community drug abuse prevention representative, Denise Manassa, CDACBehavioral Healthcare
- Community Health Northwest Florida: George Smith, MD, Executive Medical Director
- Public Health Programs representative, Cynthia Harris, Ph.D. FAMU Associate Dean and Director for Former CDC Environmental Health Officer, and also CEPH public health accreditation Site Visitor
- Public health department representative: Douglas Kent, MPH, Administrator/COO, Florida Department of Health, Bay County
- Public health department representative: Holly B. Holt, RN, BSN, MSN, Administrator, Florida Department of Health, Walton County
- Community Health Representative: Joy Sharp, Community Health Program Director, Baptist Healthcare, Pensacola
- S. Armed Forces representative: John Venezia, DO MPH, Army, Director of Graduate Medical Education, Occupational Medicine Residency, US Army School of Aviation Medicine, Fort Rucker, Alabama
- S. Armed Forces representative: Nathan Almond, DO, MPH, Navy, Flight Surgeon, USN Aerospace Medicine Residency, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pensacola, FL
- S. Armed Forces representative: Jonathan Elliot, MD, MPH, Navy, Director, USN Aerospace Medicine Residency, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pensacola, FL
- S. Armed Forces representative: Joseph T. LaVan, MD, MPH, Navy, Officer-in-Charge, USN Aerospace Medicine Residency, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pensacola, FL
- Global Health Practice: Gail Hughes, Dr.PH, MPH, University of the Western Cape, South Africa,
- Academic Public Health Practice representative: Gemechu Gerbi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, former CDC Epidemiologic Intelligence Officer
- Student President of SAPH or appointed representative: Current President,
- MPH Alumnus representative: Kristen Robertson, DVM, MPH, USDA Animal, and Plant Inspections Service, (Atlanta /Miami)
- UWF Public Health Faculty – Ex Officio
