Officers

Ben Barber, MPP
President
Board of Directors
Virginia Public Health Association

Syril Pettit, DrPH, MEM
Vice President

Executive Director
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

Gilbert Gimm, PhD, MBA
Treasurer
Associate Professor, College of Public Health

George Mason University

Melissa Meadows, MPH, MAT
Secretary
Vice President of Impact & Learning
Communities in Schools of Virginia

Board Members

Katrina Forrest, JD
Co-Executive Director
CityHealth

 Kim Baskette, PhD, CHES
 Immediate Past President 
 Assistant Professor,
 Department of Public Health & Healthcare Leadership
 Radford University Carilion

Maurice Johnson, Jr., MPH, PhD
Senior Research Manager
Amazon

Natalie Pennywell, MPH, CHES
Outreach & Community Engagement Manager
Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services

Vanessa Walker Harris, MD
Director
Office of Family Health Services, Virginia Department of Health