The following officers will begin their term Oct. 1:
President: Kristi Pier, MHS, MCHES, Director of the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control at the Maryland Department of Health, will remain in her role as Board President for another term as the incoming president resigned to accept a new career opportunity. Pier has worked extensively in public health for more than 20 years. President-Elect: Bala Simon, MD, DrPH, MPH, FAAFP, was elected President-Elect. Simon is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and State Chronic Disease Director at the Arkansas Department of Health and was the immediate past Treasurer of the Board. The following new Board Members will serve as At Large Directors with their term beginning Oct. 1 and continuing through Sept. 30, 2024. Nimisha Bhakta (Texas) – Director, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section, Division for Community Health Improvement, Texas Department of State Health Services Khatidja Dawood (Minnesota) – Director, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division, Minnesota Department of Health Jamie Hahn (Nebraska)– Program Manager, Nebraska Chronic Disease Prevention & Control Program, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services X-ner Luther (Federated States of Micronesia) – National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Coordinator, National NCD Section Chief, Department of Health and Social Affairs, Federated States of Micronesia Nancy Sutton (Rhode Island) – Chief, Center for Chronic Care & Disease Management, Chronic Disease Director, Rhode Island Department of Health Barbara Wallace (New York)
Felisa Wilson-Simpson (Mississippi) – Director, Office of Community Health Worker, Clinical Consultant, Office of Preventive Health & Health Equity, Mississippi State Department of Health Nimisha Bhakta, MPH, Texas
Khatidja Dawood, MS, Minnesota
Linnea Fletcher, MPH, MPA, CHES, Utah
Jamie Hahn, MEd, Nebraska
Marisa Lara, MPH, RD, CLC, New Hampshire
X-ner Luther, Federated States of Micronesia
Melissa Martin, MBA, RDN, LDN, Louisiana
Morgan McDonald, MD, FACP, FAAP, Tennessee
Lea Susan Ojamaa, MPH, Massachusetts
Nancy Sutton, MS, RD, Rhode Island
Barbara Wallace, MD, MSPH, New York
Felisa Wilson-Simpson, PhD, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, Mississippi
David Hoffman, DPS, CCE, New York
Leslie McKnight, PhD, Illinois
NACDD is thankful for the service of its outgoing Board Members:
Susan Kansagra, immediate Past President (North Carolina)
Jill Myers Geadelmann (Iowa)
Learn more at chronicdisease.org.