AMCHP 2009 Board of Directors
President (2009-2011)
Phyllis J. Sloyer RN, PhD
Division Director, Division of Children's Medical Services
FL Department of Health
Tallahassee, FL
Committee Chaired: Executive Committee
Committee Co-Chaired: Legislative & Health Care Financing Committee
Ex-Officio for Finance Committee and Governance Committee
President-Elect (2009-2011)
Stephanie Birch, RNC, MPH, MS, FNP
Section Chief of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health
MCH Title V/CSHCN Director
State of Alaska
Anchorage, AK
Member of Executive Committee
Member of Legislative & Health Care Financing Committee
Past President (2009-2011)
Nan Streeter, MS, RN
Bureau Director
UT Department of Health CFHS MCH
Member of Executive Committee
Secretary (2008-2010)
Millie Jones
Clinical Consultant
Department of Health & Family Services
Madison, WI
Member of Executive Committee
Treasurer (2008-2010)
Loretta Fuddy, ACSW, MPH
Chief, Family Health Services Division
HI State Department of Health
Honolulu, HI
Committee Chaired: Finance Committee
Member of Executive Committee
Board Members
For a list of the states and territories in each DHHS region, click here.
Region I (2007-2010)
Lisa Bujno ARNP
Chief, Bureau of Community Health Services
Division of Public Health Services, NH DHHS
Concord, NH
Committee Chaired: Governance Committee
Region II (2008 - 2011)
Linda Jones-Hicks, D.O., FACOP, FAAP
Director, MCCH
NJ Dept. of Health Senior Services
Trenton, NJ
Member of Governance Committee
Region III (2008-2011)
Melita J. Jordan, CNM, MSN, APRNC
Director, Bureau of Family Health
PA Dept. of Health
Health & Welfare (H&W) Building
Member of Governance Committee
Region IV (2009-2012)
Daniel R. Bender, M.H.S.
Director of Health Services
Mississippi Department of Health
Jackson, MS
Region V (2008-2011)
Kathy Stiffler
Director, Children's Special Health Care Services
Michigan Department of Community Health
Lansing, MI
Member of Governance Committee
Region VI (2009-2010)
Suzanna Dooley, MS, ARNP
Chief, Maternal and Child Health Service
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Oklahoma City, OK
Committee Co-Chaired: Workforce & Development Committee
Region VII (2008-2011)
Melinda Sanders, MS(N), RN
Administrator, Section for Healthy Families and Youth
MO Dept. of Health & Senior Services
Jefferson City, MO
Region VIII (from 2009 to 2012)
Karen Trierweiler, MS, CNM
Director, Center for Healthy Families & Communities
Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
Denver, CO
Region IX (2007-2010)
Les Newman
Assistant Division Chief
CA State Department of Public Health
Sacramento, CA
Member of Finance Committee
Region X
Maria Nardella, MA, RD, CD
Manager, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
Community and Family Health
WA State Department of Health
Olympia, WA
Director-At-Large I (2009-2012)
Annette Phelps, ARNP, MSN
Director, Division of Family Health Services
FL Department of Health
Tallahassee, FL
Member of Governance Committee
Director-At-Large I (2009-2011)
Katherine J. Bradley, PhD, RN
Administrator, Office of Family Health
Public Health Division
Oregon Department of Human Services
Portland, OR
Committee Co-Chaired: Workforce and Development Committee
Family Representative (2009-2012)
Eileen Forlenza
Director, Colorado Medical Home Initiative
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Unit
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Denver, CO
Elected Family Representative (2008-2011)
Mary Marin
Michigan Department of Community Health
Children’s Special Health Care Services Division
Lansing, MI
Member of the Family & Youth Leadership Committee