STATE MINORITY HEALTH ENTITIES DIRECTORS/CONTACTS

State contacts are listed in alphabetical order by State, to locate your state use the letters below to skip to that letter.

A | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W

ALABAMA

Latisha Kennebrew

Office of Minority Health

ALABAMA

Petria Caldwel

Office of Minority Health

ALASKA

Heidi Hedberg

Director, Public
Department of Health

AMERICAN SOMOA

Motusa Tuileama Nua

Director of Health
Department of Health

ARIZONA

Siman Qaasim

Chief of Equity
Arizona Health of Services

ARIZONA

MPA

Office Chief
Center Development

ARKANSAS 

Chychy Smith

Deputy Director for Health Equity
Arkansas Department of Health

CALIFORNIA 

Rohan Radhakrishna, MPH, MS

Deputy Director
Office of Health Equity

CALIFORNIA 

Emily Robinson

Director
Office of Health Equity

COLORADO

Jason Wright

Director
Office of Health Equity

CONNECTICUT

Jaime Krasnitski

Health Systems
Office of Health Equity

CONNECTICUT 

Dr. Mario Garcia

Director
Office of Health Equity

COLUMBIA 

C Anneta Arno, PhD, MPH

Office of Health Equity
Columbia Department of Health

DELAWARE

Yanelle Powell

Bureau of Health Equity and Social Services

FLORIDA

Walter Niles

Gap Program Health Equity
Florida Department of Health

FLORIDA

Owen Quinonez

Florida Department of Health

GEORGIA 

Chanelle Avila

Department of Health

GEORGIA

Yvette Daniels

Division Director
Health Promotions

GUAM 

Alexis Silverio

Program Coordinator
Social Services

HAWAII

Lorrin Kim

Chief
Affirmative Action Office

HAWAII 

Wifredo Tungol, Esq

Officer (Acting)
Affirmative Action Office

IDAHO

Palina Louangketh

Welfare

IDAHO

Ashley Rundle

Welfare

ILLINOIS

Sunshine Clemons

Acting Chief
Health Services

INDIANA 

Antoniette M. Holt, MPH

Director
Office of Minority Health

INDIANA 

Carl Ellision

President and CEO
Indiana Minority Health Coalition

IOWA

Oliviah Walker

Human Services

IOWA 

Janice Edmunds-Wells

Member-at-Large

KANSAS 

Kendra Baldridge, LMSW

Special Population
Health Systems

KENTUCKY 

Vivian Lasley-Bibbs, MPH

Director
Programs of Public Health

LOUISIANA 

Durand Rudy Macklin

Director
Access and Promotions

MAINE

Korey Pow Haggerty

Director
Office of Health Equity

MARYLAND

Miranda Ouellette

Maryland Department of Health

MARYLAND

Diane Walker, MDH

Executive Assistant
Health Disparities

MASSACHUSETTS 

Arnaldo Machado

Director
Office of Health Equity

MICHIGAN

Brenda Jegede

Manager
Reduction/ Minority Health

MINNESOTA

Bruce Thao, MS, MA

Director of the Center for Health Equity
Minnesota Department of Health

MISSISSIPPI 

Tanya Funches, MPH, MSM

Director

MISSOURI 

Alicia Jenkins

Senior Services

MONTANA

Jacqueline Isaly

Health & Human Services

NEBRASKA

Echohawk Lefthand

Administrator OHDHE Public Health Divison
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

NEBRASKA

Diane Lowe

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

NEVADA

Tina Dortch, MPA

Program Manager
Nevada Department of Health

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Reuben Hampton

Health and Human Services

NEW JERSEY 

Amanda Medina-Forrester, MA, MPH

Executive Director
New Jersey Department of Health Office of Minority and Multicultural Health

NEW JERSEY 

Jose Gonzalez

Program Specialist
New Jersey Department of Health Office of Minority and Multicultural Health

NEW MEXICO

Trisstin Maroney

Department of Health

NEW YORK 

Wilma Alvarado-Little MA

Associate
Office of Minoirty Health

NORTH CAROLINA 

Cornell Wright

Executive Director
Health & Human Services

NORTH DAKOTA 

Krissie Guerard

Health Equity/Maternal Child Health Partnership Coordinator Healthy and Safe Communities Section

OHIO

Angela Dawson

Executive Director
Minority Health

OHIO

Angela Stephens

Ohio Department of Health

OKLAHOMA 

Brandi Harris

Department of  Health

OKLAHOMA 

Buffy Heater

HHS Strategy Office Commissioner’s Office Oklahoma State Department

OREGON

Leann R. Johnson

Director of Inclusion
Oregon Health Authority

PENNSYLVANIA 

David Saunders, M. Ed

Director Health Office of Health Equity

PUERTO RICO 

Siomara Perez

Director
Office of Minority Health

RHODE ISLAND

Jennifer Smith Latham

Office of Minority Health

SOUTH CAROLINA

Shanikque Blackwell

Specialist
Office of Minority Health and Environmental

SOUTH DAKOTA

Laura Streich, MPA

Coordinator
Office of Minority Health

TENNESSEE

Charlotte Woods

Director
Disparities Elimination

TENNESSEE

Monique Anthony

Asst, Director
Disparities Elimination

TEXAS

MPH

Director
Health Equity, Center for Services Commission

UTAH 

MCHES

Director
Reduction, Division of Utah Department of Health

VERMONT

Jaclyn Holden

Office of Health Equity
Vermont Department of Health

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Michelle S. Davis, PhD.

Chief Public
United States Virgin Islands Health

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Erica Suarez-Pinke

Executive Assistant
Department of Health

VIRGINIA

Laren Powell

Director
Office of Health Equity
Virginia Department of Health

VIRGINIA

Karen Reed

Multicultural Health & and Health Equity
Virginia Department of Health

WASHINGTON 

LinhPhung Huynh

Interagency Council
Department of Health

WEST VIRGINIA

Scott Eubank

Director
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health

WISCONSIN 

Lola Awoyinka

Program- Office of Policy
Serivices

WYOMING 

Terri Wessenberg

Public Health Division
Wyoming Department of Health

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