Regions

Region I New England

CT MA ME NH RI VT

Darlene Morse, MSN, RN, MEd, CHES, CIC

APHN Board Member-at-Large

APHN Membership Chair

New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services, DHHS

Concord, NH

603-271-4494

Massachusetts State Lead

Glynnis LaRosa, MPH, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, CPHQ, BB

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Jamaica Plain, MA

617-983-6569

REGION II Northeast and Caribbean

NJ NY PR USVI

Carrie Rewakowski, PhD, RN, CNE, NPD-C

Syracuse, New York 13215

REGION III Mid-Atlantic

DC DE MD PA VA WV

Kristin A Bennett, MSN, RN

APHN Communications Chair

Hockessin, DE

302-690-7427

Maryland State Lead

Carolyn Nganga-Good, MS, RN, CPH

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Baltimore, MD

410-319-9426

REGION IV Southeast Sunbelt

AL FL GA KY MS NC SC TN

Rita Smith, DNP, MPH, APRN, NP-C

Statewide Nursing Director

Florida Department of Health

Tallahassee, FL

850-245-4036

Tennessee State Lead

Jennifer Valentine, MSN, RN

Director of Organization Planning and Development

Knoxville County Health Dept.

Knoxville, TN

865-215-5096

REGION V Great Lakes - Upper Mid-West 

IL IN MI MN OH WI

LuAnne McNichols, RN, MN

PHN Director, Ass’t Director, Community Health Division

Minnesota Dept. of Health

St.Paul, MN

651-201-5566

Region V & Membership Support

Zheng Li, PhD, MPH, CPH

Valparaiso, IN

REGION VI Greater Southwest - Southcentral

AR LA NM OK TX

Amy Gaither,  MS, RN

Director of Nursing Services

Oklahoma State Dept. of Health

Oklahoma City, OK

405-271-5183

REGION VII Heartland - Central

IA KS MO NE

Leadership Opportunity

REGION VIII Rocky Mountain - Upper West

CO MT ND SD UT WY

Teresa Garrett, RN DNP PHNA-BC

University of Utah College of Nursing

Salt Lake City, UT

Colorado State Lead

Kelly Conroy, BSN, MPH

Associate Director, Clinic Services

Jefferson County Health Department

Lakewood, CO

303-239-7121

REGION IX Pacific Rim 

AZ CA HI NVPalau and Marshall Is., American Samoa, N. Mariana Islands, Micronesia and Guam

Rhonda Giarretto, MSN, PHN, CNS

Supervising Public Health Nurse

Alameda County Public Health Department

Oakland, CA 94605

510-577-7044

REGION X Northwest Arctic

AK ID OR WA

Tom Engle

Beaverton, OR 97006