Hawaii Public Health Association

Brief History of the Hawaii Public Health Association

The Hawai‘i Public Health Association was founded in 1945. Kaarlo Nasi, a sanitary engineer with the USPHS was the first president and presided over HPHA's first annual meeting that year. The first HPHA constitution stated that the purpose of the association was" to aid in the promotion and protection of public health and to provide for the professional advancement of members".

Please refer to the HPHA publication, "A 40 year History of Public Health and the Hawai`i Public Health Association", for more details of HPHA’s early years. Charter members are listed, as are the Association’s presidents from 1945-1985.

HPHA Presidents since 1985
1986	Colleen Spiering	Environmental Office, Department of Health
1987	Richard Knobel	Project Manager, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
1988	Clifford Kam	Financial Office, Rehabilitation of the Pacific
1989	William Dendle	Public Health Consultant
1990 - 1991	Nicola Miller	Project Director, Adolescent Health Network, DON
1992 - 1993	Frank Chong	Executive Director, Waikiki Health Center
1994 - 1995	Jean Evans	Director, Outreach Education Department, Kapiolani Medical Center
1996 - 1997	Deborah Goebert	Director, Resident Research Program, John A. Burns School of Medicine
1998 - 1999	Linda Kapuniai	Clinical Associate, Sleep Disorders Center, Straub Clinic and Hospital
2000 - 2002	Nancy Partika	Executive Director, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies
2003 - 2004	Pratisha Budhiraja	Public Health Project Manager, Department of Health
2004 - 2005	Loretta Fuddy	Family Health Services Division Chief, Department of Health

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Hawai‘i Public Health Association
345 Queen St, Suite 601
Honolulu, HI 96813

e-mail: hpha@hawaii.rr.com

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