Planning Committee

Jack Herrmann, MSEd, NCC, LMHC
Chair, 2011 Planning Committee
Sr. Advisor, Public Health Preparedness
National Association of County and City Health Officials

Sherry B. Adams
Director, Office of Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Jonathan Ban
Policy Analyst
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Human Services

Anthony Barkey, MPH
Specialist, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Association of Public Health Laboratories

Laura Biesiadecki, MSPH, CPH
Senior Program Manager        
Association of Schools of Public Health

Lisa Ferland, MPH
Associate Research Analyst
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Carol Gunter-Mohr, MA
Project Manager          
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Public Health Institute

Katie Hager BS, BSN, RN
Program Officer Program Operations
Office of Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, Office of the Surgeon General

Sharon L. Hall, RN, PhD
CE Consultant/Nurse Planner/Health Education Specialist, Educational Design and Accreditation Branch, Division of Leadership and Practice Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  

Christopher Hoff
Emergency Response Coordinator
Kane County Health Department

Monica Huang, MPH
Associate Research Analyst
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Chris Mangal, MPH
Director of Public Health Preparedness & Response
Association of Public Health Laboratories

Carolyn McCoy, MPH
Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness
National Association of County and City Health Officials

Gretchen Michael, JD
Director of Communications         
Office of Policy, Strategic Planning/Communications, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Geetika Nadkarni, MPH
Analyst, Preparedness
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Kate Nichols, Esq
Policy Advisor
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Office of Health Affairs

Skip A. Payne, MSPH
Program Officer Deployment Operations
Office of Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, Office of the Surgeon General

Heidi Pfeiffer BS, RN, BSN, MSEd
Division of Strategic National Stockpile
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

John Simkovich, DDS, MHA
Regional Director of Public Health
DHEC Region 7 (Berkeley, Dorchester & Charleston)

Christa-Marie Singleton, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Science
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

John Theofilos
Acting Branch Chief, Program Services Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Andrew Willman, MPH
Senior Analyst, Strategic National Stockpile
National Association of County and City Health Officials

Rosina M. Romano, MTA, CMP
Conference Manager
Manager, Meetings & Events
National Association of County and City Health Officials

Cindy P. Dougherty, PharmD
CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
Chief, CDC Drug Service
Division of Scientific Resources
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Office of Infectious Diseases
Atlanta, GA

Natalie Sanchez, MPH CHES
Public Health Advisor
CDC OPHPR DSNS PPB
Atlanta, GA