State Programs

Public Health Leadership Institute of Florida

Michael Reid, PhD, Director
Ph: (813) 974-6646
Fax: (813) 974-6741
E-mail: mreid@com1.med.usf.edu

College of Public Health
University of South Florida, MDC 56
Tampa, FL 33612

Iowa Community Health Leadership Institute

Becky Miles-Polka, Coordinator
Ph: (515) 241-3213
Fax: (515) 241-5198
E-mail: polkabs@ihs.org

Center for Healthy Communities
Central Iowa Health Systems
1440 Ingersol Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309

Kansas Public Health Leadership Institute (Developing)

Shirley Orr, MHS, ARNP
Ph: (316) 337-6037
Fax: (316) 337-6023
E-mail: sorr@kdhe.state.ks.us

Kansas Department of Health and Environment
130 S. Market, Suite 6050
Wichita, KS 67202

Kentucky Public Health Leadership Institute

Cynthia Lamberth, Director
Ph: (859) 257-1127
Fax: (859) 257-2454
E-mail: cdlamb2@uky.edu

University of Kentucky
121 Washington Ave., CAHP Rm, 101A
Lexington, KY 40536-0003

Massachusetts Regional Public Health Leadership Forum (Developing)

Daniel Merrigan, EdD, Associate Dean
Ph: (617) 638-5159
Fax: (617) 638-4483
E-mail: merrigan@bu.edu

Boston University School of Public Health
715 Albany Street, T2W
Boston, MA 02118

Michigan Community Health Leadership Institute

Jack Wheeler, Professor and Director
Health Management and Policy
Ph: (734) 764-5434
Fax: (734) 764-7173
E-mail: jackwhee@umich.edu

UM School of Public Health
M3232 SPH II
1095 Observatory
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029

Missouri Public Health Leadership Institute

Addie Merkle, MA, Chief
Ph: (573) 751-6058
Fax: (573) 522-6263
E-mail: merkla@dhhs.health.state.mo.us

Office of Training & Professional Development
Missouri Department of Health
PO Box 570, 920 Wildwood
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Ohio Public Health Leadership Institute

Louis Pomerantz, Chief
Ph: (614) 644-8480
Fax: (614) 644-8526
E-mail: lpomeran@gw.odh.state.oh.us

Leadership and Professional Development
Ohio Department of Health
246 N. High Street, POB 118
Columbus, OH 43216-0118

Oklahoma Public Health Leadership Program

Diane Biard-Holmes, MSW, Service Chief
Ph: (405) 271-4171
Fax: (405) 271-3539
E-mail: dianeb@health.state.ok.us

Human Resource Management
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 Northeast Tenth St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299

Texas Public Health Leadership Institute (Developing)

Beth Quill, MPH, Associate Professor
Ph: (713) 500-9159
Fax: (713) 500-9149
E-mail: bquill@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu

University of Texas
School of Public Health
1200 Herman Pressler, Suite W232
Houston, TX 77030

Wisconsin Public Health Leadership Institute (Developing)

William W. Greaves, MD, MSPH
Ph: (414) 456-4500
Fax: (414) 456-6160
E-mail: wgreaves@mcw.edu

Department of Preventive Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Regional Programs

Mid-America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute
(IL, IN, WI, ND)

Louis Rowitz, PhD, Professor/Director
Ph: (312) 996-9659
Fax: (312) 996-5768
E-mail: lrowitz@uic.edu

University of Illinois - Chicago
School of Public Health
2121 W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60612

Mid-Atlantic Health Leadership Program
(MD, DE, DC)

Robert S. Lawrence, MD
Associate Dean and Director
Ph: (410) 614-4590
Fax: (410) 614-8126
E-mail: rlawrenc@jhsph.edu

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
615 North Wolfe Street, Rm #W1033
Baltimore, MD 21205

Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute
(NH, NJ, NY, ME, PA, RI, VT)

Dwight C. Williams, MSW, Director
Ph: (518) 402-0370
Fax: (518) 402-0305
E-mail: dcw01@health.state.ny.us

School of Public Health
University at Albany, SUNY
One University Place
Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456

Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute (Developing)
(AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)

Marie Flake, Local Health Liaison
Ph: (360) 236-4063
Fax: (360) 236-4008
E-mail: marie.flake@doh.wa.gov

Public Health Systems Planning & Development
Washington State Dept of Health
1102 SE Quince St.
PO Box 47815
Olympia, WA 98504-7815

Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership
(CO, NM, UT, WY)

Kathy Kennedy, DrPH, Director
Ph: (303) 871-3483
Fax: (303) 871-3303
E-mail: kkennedy@du.edu

University of Denver
2211 South Josephine Street
Denver, CO 80208

South Central Public Health Leadership Institute
(AL, AR, LA, MS, TX)

Ann C. Anderson, PhD, Acting Dean
Ph: (504) 588-5397
Fax: (504) 588-5718
E-mail: acanders@tulane.edu

Tulane University
SPH & Tropical Medicine
Dean's Office, Suite 2430, TW-13
1440 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

Southeast Public Health Leadership Institute
(NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Donna R. Dinkin, MPH
Ph: (336) 643-4165
Fax: (336) 643-6994
E-mail: ddinkin@sph.unc.edu

UNC-CH School of Public Health
Center for Public Health Practice
CB #8165
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165

Southwest Public Health Leadership Institute
(AZ)

Chris Tisch, Assistant Director
Ph: (520) 626-9112
Fax: (520) 626-3206
E-mail: cbt@u.aozona.edu

Arizona Prevention Center
PO Box 24-5033
Tucson, AZ 85704

National Programs

CDC/CCL/UNC National Public Health Leadership Institute

David Steffen, DrPH, Director
Ph: (919) 843-5567
Fax: (919) 843-5563
E-mail: dsteffen@email.unc.edu

Public Health Leadership Institute
School of Public Health
CB# 8165
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165

Center for Health Leadership and Practice, A Center of the Public Health Institute

Carol Spain Woltring, MPH, Exe Dir.
Ph: (510) 986-0140
Fax: (510) 986-0146
E-mail: cwoltring@cfhl.org

Ctr for Health Leadership and Practice
1204 Preservation Park Way
Oakland, CA 94612

CDC/ATSDR Leadership and Management Institute (LMI)

Steve Frederick, Program Analyst
Ph: (770) 488-2534
Fax: (770) 488-2489
E-mail: slf2@cdc.gov

Leadership Development Branch
Division of Public Health Systems
PHPPO
4770 Buford Hwy, NE Mailstop K-39
Atlanta, GA 30341