Council Members

Tania M. Busch Isaksen, PhD, MPH
2023-2024 EHAC General Chair
Term Dates: 2023-2024, 24-25, 25-26
1st Term Academic
Teaching Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Phone: 206-685-4919
Email: tania@uw.edu

 

Mari Eggers, PhD
Term Dates: 2022-2023, 23-24, 24-25
1st Term Academic
Assistant Research Professor
Tribal Environmental Health and Health Disparities
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Phone: 406-994-3064
Email: mari.eggers@montana.edu 

LCDR Kai Elgethun, PhD, MPH
2022-2023 EHAC Vice Chair Graduate Programs

Term dates: 2022-2023, 23-24, 24-25
1st Term Practitioner
Regional Director
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Boise, Idaho and Denver, Colorado
Phone: 208-378-5767
Email: kaielgethun@live.com

DeBrena Hilton, MPHA
Term Dates: 2022-2023, 23-24, 24-25
1st Term Practitioner
Food Protection Services Program Manger
Tulsa City City-County Health Department
Oklahoma
Email: dhilton@tulsa-health.org 

Swatantra Kethireddy, PhD
Term Dates: 2021-22, 22-23, 23-24
2nd Term Academic
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Environmental Health Programs
Natural Sciences and Environmental Health
Mississippi Valley State University
14000 Highway 82 West
Itta Bena, MS 38941
Phone:  662-254-3394
Email:  swatantra.kethireddy@mvsu.edu

Jason Lewis, CDR
2023-24 EHAC Co-Vice Chair Undergraduate Programs
Term Dates:  2021-2022, 22-23, 23-24
1rst Term Practitioner
Commander, USPHS, EPA
Corvallis, Oregon
Email:  ltlewis73@gmail.com

Sandra Long, REHS/RS
Term Dates: 2023-2024, 24-25, 25-26
1st Term Practitioner
Environmental Health Manager
Phone: (972) 450-2821
Email:  slong@addisontx.gov 

COL (Ret.) Wendell Moore, EdD, MS, RS/REHS, DAAS
Term Dates: 2021-2022, 22-23, 23-24
2nd Term Practitioner
Veterans Health Administration
Davidson, Maryland
Email: wamoore56@hotmail.com 

Michele Morrone, PhD, REHS/RS
Term dates: 2023-24, 24-25, 25-26
1st Term Academic
Chair, Department of Social and Public Health
Professor, Environmental Health Science
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 
Email: morrone@ohio.edu

Timothy J. Murphy, PhD, REHS, DAAS
2023-2024 EHAC Co-Vice Chair Undergraduate Programs
Term dates: 2021-22, 22-23, 23-24
2nd Term Academic
Chair, Associate Professor, Environmental, Safety & Occupational Health
The University of Findlay
1000 North Main Street
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419 434 4588
Email: murphy@findlay.edu

Lee Newman, PhD
2023-2024 Director-At-Large
Term dates: 2023-2024, 24-25, 25-26
2nd Term Academic
Associate Professor, Environmental and Forest Biology
State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)
248 Illick Hall
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315-470-4837
Email: lanewman@esf.edu

Priscilla Oliver, PhD
Term Dates:  2021-2022, 22-23, 23-24
1st Term Practitioner
Morehouse School of Medicine
Retired EPA Life Scientist
Email:  POliverMSM@aol.com

Clint Pinion, DrPH, MA, RS, CIT
Dean of Health Technologies
Southwest Virginia Community College
Russell Hall, Room 223
P.O. Box 1101
Richlands, VA 24641
Term Dates:  2021-2022, 22-23, 23-24
1st Term Academic
Email: Clint.Pinion@sw.edu

Lok R. Pokhrel, MSc, MS, PhD
Term Dates:  2021-2022, 22-23, 23-24
1st Term Academic
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
3402 Carol Belk Bldg. 300 Curry Ct.,
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: 252-737-5587
Email:  pokhrell18@ecu.edu 

CAPT Michael M. Quinn
Term Dates: 2023-24, 24-25, 25-26
2nd Term Practitioner
Chief of Operations
US Department of Interior
Office of Occupational Safety & Health
Phone: (303) 236-7110
Email:  michael_quinn@ios.doi.gov

LT COL (Ret.)Welford Roberts, PhD, DLAAS, RS/REHS
Term Dates:  2022-23, 23-24, 24-25
1st Term Practitioner
Environmental Health Scientist
Suffolk, VA 23437
Email: welford@erols.com

Rania A. Sabty, PhD, REHS
Term Dates: 2021-22, 22-23, 23-24
2nd Term Academic
Program Manager
Western Region Universities Consortium
University of California Los Angeles
Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 794-5964
Email: rsabty@irle.ucla.edu 

Christopher Sparks, MPH, MPA, RS
Term Dates: 2023-2024, 24-25, 25-26
1st Term Practitioner
Chief Sanitarian
Houston Health Department
Bureau of Consumer Health Services
Houston, TX
Phone: 832-393-5131
Email: christopher.sparks@houstontx.gov 

Laura Suppes, PhD, MPH, REHS
2023-2024 EHAC Secretary

Term Dates:  2023-2024, 24-25, 25-26
1st Term Academic
Associate Professor
Public Health and Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Phone: (715) 836-5977
Email: SUPPESLM@uwec.edu

Cindy Weckwerth, REHS, MS
2023-2024 EHAC Treasurer
Term Dates:  2021-2022, 22-23, 23-24
1st Term Practitioner
Director, Environmental Health
City of Minneapolis Health Department
505 Forth Ave S Room 520
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone:  612-673-3485
Email:  cindy.weckwerth@minneapolismn.gov

Anne Marie Zimeri

Anne Marie Zimeri, PhD
Term Dates:  2022-2023, 23-24, 24-25
1st Term Academic
Environmental Health Science 
Associate Professor
College of Public Health
University of Georgia, Athens
Phone: 706-542-7472
Email: zimeri@uga.edu