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.

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ALABAMA

Latisha Kennebrew

Office of Minority Health

ALABAMA

Petria Caldwel

Alabama Department of Public of Health

ALASKA

Heidi Hedberg

Director, Public Health
Alaska Division of Public Health
Department of Health and Social Services

AMERICAN SOMOA

Motusa Tuileama Nua

Director,
Department of Health

ARIZONA

Siman Qaasim

Chief of Equity,
Arizona Health of Services

ARIZONA

Teresa L. Asert-Manygoats, MPA

Office Chief
Arizona Health Disparities Center
Bureau of Health Systems Development, Arizona Department of Health Services

ARKANSAS 

Chychy Smith

Arkansas Department of Health

CALIFORNIA 

Emily Robinson

Health Equity Program Analyst
Office of Health Equity
California Department of Public Health

COLORADO

Jason Wright

Director,
Office of Health Equity
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

CONNECTICUT

Jaime Krasnitski

Director & Public Health Systems Improvement Manager,
Office of Health Equity
Connecticut Department of Public Health

CONNECTICUT 

Dr. Mario Garcia

Director,
Office of Health Equity
Connecticut Department of Public Health

DELAWARE

Yanelle Powell

Chief,
Bureau of Health Equity Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

C Anneta Arno, PhD, MPH

Director, 
Office of Health Equity
Office of the Director, District of Columbia Department of Health

FLORIDA

Walter Niles

Director/ Closing the Gap Program Administrator,
Office of Minority Health & Health Equity
Florida Department of Health

FLORIDA

Owen Quinonez

Florida Department of Health

GEORGIA 

Chanelle Avila

Georgia Department of Public Health

GEORGIA

Yvette Daniels

Division Director,
Health Promotions
Georgia Department of Public Health

GUAM 

Alexis Silverio

Program Coordinator,
Guam Office of Minority Health
Department of Public Health & Social Services

HAWAII

Lorrin Kim

Chief, 
Hawaii State Department of Health
Affirmative Action Office

HAWAII 

Wifredo Tungol, Esq

Affirmative Action Officer (Acting),
Hawaii State Department of Health
Affirmative Action Office

IDAHO

Palina Louangketh

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

IDAHO

Ashley Rundle

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

ILLINOIS

Tiffani Saunders

Chief, 
Center for Minority Health Services
Illinois Department of Public Health

INDIANA 

Antoniette M. Holt, MPH

Director
Office of Minority Health
Indiana State Department of Health

INDIANA 

Carl Ellision

CEO
Indiana Minority Health Coalition, Inc.

INDIANA 

Michael Russell

MHI Director, 
Indiana Minority Health Coalition, Inc.

IOWA

Oliviah Walker

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

IOWA 

Janice Edmunds-Wells

Member-at-Large

KANSAS 

Jade M. Ramsdell

Performance Improvement Director, 
Office of the Secretary
Kansas Department of Health and Environment

KANSAS 

Kendra Baldridge, LMSW

Section Chief for Special Population Health and State Refugee Health Coordinator, 
Bureau of Community Health Systems
Kansas Department of Health and Environment

KENTUCKY 

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LOUISIANA 

Durand Rudy Macklin

Director, 
Bureau of Minority Health Access and Promotions
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

MAINE

Lisa Sockabasin

Director,
Office of Minority Health
Maine Department of Health/Human Services

MARYLAND

Miranda Ouellette

Maryland Department of Health

MASSACHUSETTS 

Sandra Semedo

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager, 
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

MASSACHUSETTS 

Luciana Hayner

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager, 
Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

MICHIGAN

Yesenia Murillo

Leader, 
Office of Equity and Minority Health
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)

MINNESOTA

Bruce Thao, MS, MA

Director,
Center for Health Equity
Minnesota Department of Health

MISSISSIPPI 

Tanya Funchess, DHA, MPH, MSM

Director,
Office of Health Disparitiy Elimination
Mississippi Department of Health

MISSOURI 

Alicia Jenkins

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services

MONTANA

Jacqueline Isaly

Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

NEBRASKA

Echohawk Lefthand

Administrator OHDHE,
Public Health Division
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 and Human Services, Director’s Office
Office of Minority Health and Equity

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Reuben Hampton

New Hampshire Department of 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 MEXICO

Justin Garoutte

Director,
Office of Health Equity
New Mexico Department of Health

NEW YORK 

Wilma Alvarado-Little MA, MSW

Director,
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Prevention
New York State Department of Health

NORTH CAROLINA 

Ava Hardiman

Director,
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
North Carolina Department of Health & Human

NORTH CAROLINA 

Portia Pope

Deputy Director,
Office of Health Equity, Health Equity Portfolio, Office of the Secretary
NC Department of Health and Human Services

NORTH DAKOTA 

Krissie Guerard

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

NORTH DAKOTA 

Alicia Belay

Assistant Director,
Community Engagement Diversity and Inclusion Certified

OHIO

Angela Dawson

Executive Director
Ohio Commission on Minority Health

OHIO

Angela Stephens

Ohio Department of Health

OKLAHOMA 

Buffy Heater

HHS Strategy Office
Commissioner’s Office
Oklahoma State Department of Health

OREGON

Open

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PENNSYLVANIA 

David Saunders, M. Ed

Director,
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Office of Health Equity

PUERTO RICO 

Siomara Perez

Director,
Office of Minority Health
Puerto Rico Department of Health

RHODE ISLAND

Michelle Wilson

Chief, Health Equity Institute,
Rhode Island Department of Health

SOUTH CAROLINA

Shanikque Blackwell

Multicultural Health Specialist,
Office of Minority Health
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

SOUTH DAKOTA

Laura Streich, MPA

Tobacco Disparities Coordinator,
South Dakota Department of Health

TENNESSEE

Monique Anthony

Asst, Director
Office of Minority Health and Disparities Elimination, Division of Health Disparities
Tennessee Department of Health

TEXAS

Open

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UTAH 

Dulce A. Diez, MPH, MCHES

Director,
Office of Health Disparities Reduction, Division of Family Health and Preparedness
Utah Department of Health

VERMONT

Jaclyn Holden

Office of Health Equity,
Vermont Department of Health

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Michelle S. Davis, PhD.

Health Commissioner and Chief Public Health Officer,
United States Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands Department of Health

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Erica Suarez-Pinke

Executive Assistant,
Virgin Islands Department of Health

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Justa Encarnacion

Commissioner,
Virgin Islands Department Of Health
Virgin Islands Department of Health

VIRGINIA

Laren Powell

Director,
Office of Health Equity
Virginia Department of Health

VIRGINIA

Karen Reed

Director,
Division of Multicultural Health & Community Engagement
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Virginia Department of Health

WASHINGTON 

LinhPhung Huynh

Manager,
Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities
Washington State Board of Health

WEST VIRGINIA

Scott Eubank

Director,
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services

WISCONSIN 

Dei Fleary-Simmons

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

WYOMING 

Terri Wessenberg

Public Health Division
Wyoming Department of Health

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