Steering Committee

Members of the Region IV PHTC Steering Committee represent a diversity of perspectives throughout public health across HHS Region IV, including local, state, and federal public health and academia. In addition to the Central Office staff and Community-Based Training Partner directors, other members of the Steering Committee include:

Kris Adcock, MSW, CPM
Assistant Senior Deputy
Mississippi State Department of Health

Jennifer Bailey, MEd
Associate Program Director for Education and Evaluation
Director, Office for Telehealth Education
South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium

Associate Director for Clinical & Community Affairs, Office of Interprofessional Initiatives
Assistant Professor, Academic Affairs Faculty
Medical University of South Carolina

Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Executive Director
Mississippi Public Health Association

Debra Bragdon, ASQ-CQIA
Division of Administration
Bureau of Personnel & Human Resource Management
Florida Department of Health

Matthew T. Coleman, MPH, CHES
Coordinator, Office of Primary Prevention
Tennessee Department of Health

Kaylin Clonch, MEd
Interim Agency Training Director
Lowcountry Region Training Coordinator
Bureau of Organizational Development
S.C. Department of Public Health

Yvette Daniels, JD
Director, University Relations
Georgia Department of Public Health

Aira Jae Etheridge, DrPH (c), MPH
Public Health Analyst
Region IV Division of Regional Operations
Health Resources and Services Administration

Ken Harrison
Workforce Development Program Coordinator
Office of Human Resources
Alabama Department of Public Health

James R. House, MEP
Health Program Administrator
Workforce Director – Public Health Infrastructure Grant
Center for Foundational Health (C4FH)
Division of Public Health Protection and Safety (PHPS)
Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH)

Keshia McElroy
Public Health Program Coordinator
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.

Erin M. Mundy, MPA
Director of Community Based Training Programs
Georgia Statewide AHEC Network Program Office
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Marina Pieretti, MPH
Director of Public Health Workforce Development
Division of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Rebecca (Becky) Reamey, MA, PhD
Associate Director
Alabama Statewide AHEC Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Stacie Schmidt, MD
Medical Director
Emory Urban Health Initiative
Emory University School of Medicine

Anne Maynard Wenders, MPH, CHES, CRA-USF
Program Director, Federal USF Area Health Education Center
Program Manager, Geriatric Workforce Enhancement
University of South Florida