Members of the 2019 Public Health Works! Honor Roll

Allegany County Department of Health

Allegany County Department of Health

Broome County Health Department

Cattaraugus County Health Department

Cattaraugus County Health Department

Chautauqua County Health Department

Chemung County Health Department

Chemung County Health Department

Clinton County Department of Health

Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health

Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health

Erie County Department of Health

Erie County Department of Health

Erie County Department of Health

Erie County Department of Health Epidemiology Staff

  • Mary Walawander-Lanning, Associate Epidemiologist
  • Michael Amato, MPH, Assistant Epidemiologist
  • Lara Nkurunungi, Junior Epidemiologist
  • Patricia Huels, Senior Statistical Clerk
  • Judy Courtade, Principal Clerk
  • Sandy Kopera, Senior Clerk-Stenographer

Essex County Health Department

Genesee & Orleans County Health Department

Fiscal / Admin Officers

  • Scott Senf - Administrative Officer (Genesee County)
  • Kimberly Castricone - Administrative Officer (Orleans County)

Monroe County Department of Public Health

Monroe County Department of Public Health

Montgomery County Public Health

Niagara County Department of Health

Onondaga County Health Department

Onondaga County Health Department

OCHD Accreditation Team

  • Indu Gupta, Commissioner
  • Michelle Mignano, Deputy Commissioner/Accreditation Coordinator
  • Matthew Alexander, Sanitarian 3, Temporary Residence and Recreational Facilities Supervisor
  • Stacey Cibula, Program Coordinator, Public Health Preparedness
  • Catherine Clark, Administrative Assistant, Commissioner's Office
  • Brenda Dano, Director of Nursing, Healthy Families
  • Melanie Drotar, Public Information Specialist
  • Robert Furey, Public Health Engineer 2
  • Lisa GreenMills, Director, Disease Control
  • Paul Kinder, Director of Operations, Healthy Families
  • Wendy Kurlowicz, Sanitarian 4, Environmental Community Health Director
  • Lisa Letteney, Director, Environmental Health
  • Debra Lewis, Program Coordinator, Lead Poisoning Control Program
  • Katherine Mogle, Program Coordinator, Healthy Communities Initiatives
  • Quoc Nguyen, Medical Director
  • Gretchen Pierson, Sanitarian 3, Food Protection Supervisor
  • Susan Serrao, Director, Maternal Child Health/Healthy Families
  • Jacqueline Shostack, Public Health Education Supervisor
  • Rebecca Shultz, Director, Community Health
  • Kristi Smiley, Administrative Officer, Department of Finance
  • Sharon St. Louis, Public Health Compliance Officer
  • Jeffrey Till, Public Health Engineer 4, Public Health Engineering Director
  • Bridget Volz, Epidemiologist
  • Mariah Senecal-Reilly, Program Coordinator

Ontario County Public Health

Orange County Health Department

Early Intervention Services Team

  • Dr. Wanda McQueen, Director of Intervention Services
  • Carol Abenanti, EIS Supervisor
  • Eileen Reilly, EIS Supervisor
  • Debra Scaudroni, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Lori Muniz, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Denise Barbariantz, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Meghan Hawk, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Jessica Lopez, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Stormy Vallejro, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Julissa Rosales, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Olga Hernandez, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Vanessa Rivera, Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Alexandra Nunez, Senior Service Coordinator
  • Jennifer Frey, Senior Service Coordinator
  • Denise Thomas, Initial Service Coordinator / Early Intervention Official Designee
  • Jamie Shock, Support Staff
  • Tania Jones, Support Staff
  • Bridget Ahearn, Support Staff
  • Lillian Diaz, Support Staff
  • Lisa Eckert, Support Staff
  • Marlene DeMarco, Support Staff
  • KimLori Devine, Special Education Coordinator
  • Olga Aidan, Spanish-English Receptionist

Orange County Health Department

Oswego County Health Department

Oswego County Hospice Program

  • Beth McCarthy, Registered Dietitian
  • Patricia Chipman, Registered Nurse
  • Chris O'Connor, Friends of Hospice
  • Patricia Owens, Public Health Nurse
  • Kathleen Vincent, Home Health Aide
  • Michele Phillips, Registered Nurse
  • Betty Dunsmoor, Social Worker
  • Elena Twiss, Friends of Hospice
  • Vera Dunsmoor, Director of Patient Services, Former Hospice Program Manager
  • Bonnie Savage, Data Entry
  • Susan Reich, Senior Typist
  • Tammy Adydan, Registered Nurse
  • Carol Elmer, Home Health Aide
  • Becky Miller, Supervising Public Health Nurse, Hospice Program Manager
  • Jessica Fox, Social Worker
  • Donna Dubois-Taylor, Registered Nurse
  • Christina Liepke, Doctor

Rockland County Department of Health

Measles Team

  • Dr. Patricia S. Ruppert, Commissioner of Health
  • Judith Doherty, Supervising Public Health Nurse
  • Melissa Jacobson, Assistant Director of Public Health Education
  • Lisa Zezima, Secretarial Assistant
  • Bonnie Sullivan, Supervising Public Health Nurse
  • Dr. Maria Mosquera, Medical Director
  • Kevin McKay, Director of Epidemiology
  • Tatiana DeLuna-Evans, Public Health Specialist II
  • Maria Souto, Coordinator of Communicable Disease Programs
  • Hara Hartman, Pharmacy Supervisor
  • Tsehai Lewis, Public Health Representative
  • Irma Rivera, Public Health Representative
  • Lee Norris, Public Health Representative
  • Dr. Karen Southwick, Public Health Physician
  • Julie Krauchuk, Supervising Nurse Practitioner and Director of Family Planning
  • Dr. Debra Blog, Director Division of Epidemiology (NYS)
  • Crystal Green, NYS Epidemiologist
  • Sonya Frontin, NYSDOH Epidemiologist
  • Dr. Germaine Jacquette.
  • Ronda Rosman, Program Specialist Public Health Education
  • Dr. Marela Velez Torres, Infectious Disease Clinic Physician
  • Cynthia Stritmater, Coordinator of Disease Prevention and Control
  • Elena Florez
  • Tatiana Deluna-Evans, Public Health Specialist II

Schoharie County Department of Health

Early Intervention

  • Karen Simmons, Preschool Special Needs Coordinator and Early Intervention Official
  • Linda Hill, RN
  • Valarie Manchester, Public Health Nurse
  • Cathleen Buskey, Service Coordinator
  • Christine Binkley, Service Coordinator
  • Kristi Robbiani, Speech/Language Pathologist
  • Elizabeth Black, Children's Program Assistant
  • Santa Dibble, Administrative Support

Schoharie County Department of Health

Public Health Preparedness

  • Eva Gigandet, Public Health Preparedness Coordinator
  • Christine Binkley, Service Coordinator
  • Elizabeth Black, Children's Program Assistant
  • Cathleen Buskey, Service Coordinator
  • Carl Christman, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Santa Dibble, Administrative Support
  • Kim Euler, Accounting Supervisor
  • Brenda Hewett, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Linda Hill, RN;
  • Dianne MacMillan, Administrative Support
  • Valarie Manchester, Public Health Nurse
  • Lili Morgan, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Kristi Robbiani, Speech/Language Pathologist
  • Karen Simmons, Preschool Special Needs Coordinator and Early Intervention Official
  • Bradford Van Luipen, Weights and Measures

Steuben County Public Health

Steuben County Public Health

Suffolk County Department of Health Services

Suffolk County Department of Health Services

Marine Resources Team

  • James Tomarken, MD, MPH, MBA, MSW, Commissioner, Department of Health Services
  • Christina Capobianco, CPA, Deputy Commissioner
  • Walter Dawydiak, P.E. Director, Division of Environmental Quality
  • John Sohngen, P.E. Principal Public Health Engineer
  • Chris Lubicich, P.E. Principal Public Health Engineer
  • Michael Jensen, Associate Public Health Sanitarian
  • Nancy Pierson, Senior Public Health Sanitarian
  • Phil De Blasi, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Andy Seal, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Lorian Peterson, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Katherine Governale, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Mark Long, Senior Boat Operator
  • Shawn Droskoski, Boat Operator
  • Joette Pavelka, Assistant Chief, Public Health and Environmental Laboratory
  • Beth Essex, Bacteriologist III
  • April DeVoe, Bacteriologist I

Sullivan County Public Health Services

Tompkins County Health Department

Tompkins County Health Department

Healthy Neighborhoods Team

  • Patricia Jebbett, Public Health Sanitarian
  • Maya Puleo, HNP Education Coordinator
  • Cyndy Howe, Keyboard Specialist
  • Samantha Hillson, Director of Health Promotion

Wayne County Public Health

Westchester County Department of Health

Westchester County Department of Health

Human Resources

  • Steve Cancel, Program Administrator (Payroll-Personnel)
  • Bouchta El Kharroubi, Sr. Personnel Staff Assistant
  • Linda Winters, Sr. Personnel Clerk

Yates County Public Health