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Deborah Zysman, MPH
President
Member of HPHA since: 2006
Public Health Interests: prevention, public health policy, community engagement and coalition building, public health workforce development and leadership
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Executive Direction, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii
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Robert Hirokawa, DC, DrPH, MPH
President-Elect Member of HPHA since: 2006
Public Health Interests: Diabetes, social determinants of health, access to healthcare
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Hawaii Primary Care Association
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Katie Richards, MPH
Secretary
Member of HPHA since: 2008
Public Health Interests: Public health policy, obesity prevention, building healthy communities, work site wellness, physical activity and health in populations
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Physical Activity Coordinator, Healthy Hawai‘i Initiative, Hawai‘i State Department of Health
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Nalani Aki, MPA
Treasurer
Member of HPHA since: 2011
Public Health Interests: Health equity and social justice with particular interest in transportation policy development, passage and implementation, indigenous health and cultural competencies, food systems and violence prevention.
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Owner, Capacity Builders, LLC (meeting facilitation, community and organizational development, strategic planning and coaching)
Member, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Member, Built Environment Taskforce, Get Fit Kauai-NPAC
Member, Mayor's Advisory Committee on Bicycling
Volunteer, Kaiser Permanente
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Hali Robinett
V.P. Programs
Member of HPHA since: 2002
Public Health Interests: Public health policy - tobacco, food, and the built environment; chronic disease prevention and control, including cancer; social determinants of health/health equity; public health workforce development and leadership
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Program Director, Pacific Cancer Research Group, University of Hawaii Cancer Center.
Senior Technical Officer, Pacific Center of Excellence in Eliminating Disparities, UH John A. Burns School of Medicine,
Board Member, National Alliance on Mental Illness - Hawaii
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Kevin Cassel,
V.P. Programs-Elect
Member of HPHA since: 2009
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Chris Lum Lee, MBA, CHS-III
Policy/Advocacy Committee Chair
Member of HPHA since: 2008
Public Health Interests: Laboratory management, infectious disease epidemiology, public health policy, program evaluation and administration.
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Joan Pan, MPH, MBA in Health Care Administration
Communications Committee Chair
Member of HPHA since: 2009
Public Health Interests: Community building, healthy & sustainable neighborhoods (walkability, food), health communication, equity
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Healthways
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John A.H. (Hau‘oli) Tomoso, MSW
Maui County Representative
Member of HPHA since: 2009
Public Health Interests: Social determinants of health/health equity, public policy, cultural competence in the delivery of health care
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Executive Director, Hui No Ke Ola Pono, Inc., the Native Hawaiian Health Care System for Maui
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Rose Murtagh, PT, MPH, CHES
Kauai County Representative
Member of HPHA since: 2008
Public Health Interests: Health literacy, health education, behavior change, prevention education
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Physical therapist, Wilcox Hospital
Owner, Movin' on 2 Wellness LLC (fitness training, wellness coaching, physical therapy)
Chair, Worksite wellness taskforce, Get Fit Kauai-NPAC
Board Member, Kauai Rural Health Association
Member, Tobacco-Free Kauai
Tutor, Literacy Hawaii
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Laura Dierenfield, AB (Advanced Bachelor's)
Hawaii County Representative
Member of HPHA since: 2009
Public Health Interests: Built environment determinants of health
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Executive Director, PATH
Executive Committee Member, One Voice for Livable Islands
Founder/State Network Manager, Hawai‘i Safe Routes to School Hui
Member, Transportation Working Group Member, Hawai‘i Energy Policy Forum
Bicycle and Pedestrian Emphasis Area, Hawai‘i Strategic Highway Safety Plan Chair
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Gerald H. Ohta, MPH
Representative to the Governing Council of APHA
Public Health Interests: Disparities, education, access
Member of HPHA since: 1969
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Affirmative Action Officer, Hawaii State Department of Health
State Agency Representative and Vice-Chair, State Language Access Advisory Council
Departmental Language Access Coordinator, Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator, State Refugee Health Coordinator and State Distance Learning Coordinator (CDC Public Health Training Network)
Member, UH School of Public Health Alumni Association Board
Member, Office of Public Health Studies Committee on Re-establishing the School of Public Health
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Susan Anderson, MA, BS
Member of HPHA since: 2006
Public Health Interests: The future of nursing and the Millennium Development Goals
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Maternal Child Health Branch/Child Death Review Program, Hawaii Department of Health
Zonta International
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Therese Argoud, MPH
Member of HPHA since: 2008
Public Health Interests: Injury and violence prevention, environmental health, and addressing social and economic injustices related to health disparities.
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Program Manager, Injury Prevention and Control Section, Department of Health
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Malachy Grange, BSN
Member of HPHA since: 2011
Public Health Interests: Empowering vulnerable populations
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Public Health Nurse, Hawaii Department of Health
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Pedro Haro
Member of HPHA since: 2009
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Ginny Pressler, MD, MBA, MS
Member of HPHA since: 2011
Public Health Interests: Chronic disease prevention Current Employment and Related Activities:
Executive VP and Chief Strategic Officer, Hawaii Pacific Health
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Angela Sy, DrPH
Member of HPHA since: 2004
Public Health Interests: Program Evaluation, community based participatory research, health disparities, cancer prevention and control, tobacco prevention, Filipino American.
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Caucus Councillor, American Public Health Association Asian Pacific Islander Caucus 2011-2012
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Valerie Yontz, BSN, MS, MA, MPH, RN-BC, PhD
Member of HPHA since: 2004
Public Health Interests: Public health practice, gerontology, aging and elder services, health equity, culture and diversity, public health workforce development, qualitative evaluation and research methods.
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Associate Specialist and Practice Coordinator, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
President, Public Health Training Hui
Hawaii's Principal Investigator for CALPACT (California Pacific Public Health Training Center)
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Deliana Fuddy, A.C.S.W., MPH
Member of HPHA since: 2000
Public Health Interests: Health equity & chronic disease prevention Current Employment and Related Activities:
Director, Department of Health, State of Hawaii
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Jay Maddock, Ph.D.
Member of HPHA since: 2000
Public Health Interests: Community-level health promotion, leadership and systems thinking
Current Employment and Related Activities:
Director, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Vice Chair of the State of Hawai‘i Board of Health
Associate Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Health Promotion
President of Delta Omega Gamma Chapter
Steering Committee Member of the Hawai‘i Comprehensive Cancer Coalition
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Sara Tanabe
Student Representative
Member of HPHA since: 2010
Public Health Interests:
Current Employment and Related Activities:
MPH Student, University of Hawaii Office of Public Health Studies
Blood Drive Coordinator, University of Hawaii
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Erin Allman
Student Representative Alternate
Member of HPHA since: 2011
Public Health Interests: Infectious disease epidemiology and environmental health
Current Employment and Related Activities:
MPH Student, University of Hawaii Office of Public Health Studies
Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
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