ABOUT US
Founded in 1983, the Maine Public Health Association (MPHA) is a member based non-profit organization. We currently have over 250 members from all sectors of public health. An incorporated 501(c)3, MPHA is governed by a 13 member Board of Directors. Our Board is elected each year by our full membership and is driven by our mission and bylaws as well as our policy and procedure manual. MPHA has deep and vast support from many organizations throughout Maine. One of these organizations, Medical Care Development in Augusta, serves as our fiscal agent.
In December 2007, MPHA received a $90,000 Affiliates grant from the American Public Health Association (APHA). This is a three-year grant that charges MPHA with building our internal capacity as well as our ability to serve our members and better the publics’ health in Maine. This grant afforded MPHA the opportunity to hire our first Executive Director, Tina Pettingill in January, 2008.
MPHA is now beginning an exciting period of growth and development. We invite you to join us in our commitment to our members and to public health in Maine!
OUR STAFF
MPHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 11/07 - 10/08
President
Brenda Joly, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Muskie School of Public Service
509 Forest Ave., PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104
Tel: 207-228-8456
bjoly@usm.maine.edu
| Vice President
Anita Ruff. MPH, CHES
Deputy Director of Administration
Early Detection & Intervention for
the Prevention of Psychosis Program
295 Park Avenue
Portland, ME 04102
Tel: 207-662-3417
Fax: 207-662-3300
ruffa@mmc.org | Treasurer
Shawn Yardley
Bangor Health and Community Services
103 Texas Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401
Tel: 207-992-4531
shawn.yardley@bangormaine.gov |
| |
|
|
President-Elect
Emily Rines, MPH, CHES
Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition
University Health Care, UNE - COM
655 Main Street, 1st Floor
Saco, ME 04072
Tel: 207-602-3550
Fax: 207-283-4138
erines@une.edu | Secretary
Joshua C. Frances, MPH, EMT-1
Project Manager
Southern Maine Regional Resources Center
Maine Medical Center
22 Bramhall Street
Portland, ME 04102
Tel: 207-662-5143
Fax: 207-662-5139
francj2@mmc.org | Past-President
Richard Veilleux, MPH, MBA
Program Manager - Clinical Integration
MaineHealth
465 Congress Street, Suite 301
Portland, ME 04101
Tel: 207-541-7557
veillr@mmc.org |
| |
|
|
AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Kala Ladenheim, PhD (2009)
President
Maine Center for Public Health
One Weston Court, Suite 109A
Augusta, ME 04330
Tel: 207-629-9272
kladenheim@mcph.org | Lenard Kaye, PhD, DSW (2009)
Director, UMaine Center on Aging
25 Texas Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401-4324
Tel: 207-262-7920
Fax: 207-262-7921
len.kaye@umit.maine.edu | Becky Whittemore, MPH, MN, FNP-C (2008)
Program Director
Graduate Public Health Education
University of New England
11 Hills Beach Road
Biddeford, ME 04005
Tel: 207-602-2112
Fax: 207-602-5916
e-mail: bwhittemore@une.edu |
| |
|
|
Jessica Begley, MPH, CBE (2008)
Family Birth Center
Maine Medical Center
22 Bramhall Street
Portland, ME 04102
Tel: 662-3619
beglej@mmc.org | Sally-Lou Patterson (2009)
Director, Division of Infectious Disease
Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention
11 State House Station
Key Plaza, 9th Floor
Augusta, ME 04333
Tel: 207-287-6448
Fax: 207-287-6865
sallylou.patterson@maine.gov | Julianne Sullivan, MBA, MPH (2008)
Director, Public Health Division
Health & Human Services Department
City of Portland
389 Congress Street, Room 307
Portland, ME 04101
Tel: 207-874-8784
jas@portlandmaine.gov |
| |
|
|
Edmund (Ned) Claxton, Jr., MD (2009)
Director, Family Medicine Residency
Central Maine Medical Center
76 High Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
Tel: 207-795-2184
Fax: 759-2190
claxtone@cmhc.org | Affiliate Representative to the
Governing Council (ARGC) of APHA
Kala Ladenheim, PhD |
|
