Executive Director, David T. Dyjack, DrPH, CIH
David T. Dyjack, DrPH, CIH, was named executive director and chief executive officer effective May 4, 2015. ddyjack@neha.org
Dyjack's 30-year career includes expertise in environmental health, emergency preparedness and response, public health informatics, infectious disease, workforce development, governmental infrastructure, maternal and child health, health equity, and chronic disease. A board-certified industrial hygienist, Dyjack also has advanced degrees in public health with a doctorate from the University of Michigan and a master's degree from the University of Utah.
Administration Name Title Email Employment Zianna Bueno Accounting Clerk zbueno@neha.org Started January 2024 Renee Clark Director, Finance rclark@neha.org Started January 2019, JEH Profile Kristie Denbrock, MPA Chief Learning Officer kdenbrock@neha.org Started March 2017, JEH Profile Elizabeth Grenier Senior Project Coordinator egrenier@neha.org Started January 2022, JEH Profile Molly Hannon Contracts Administrator mhannon@neha.org Started January 2024 Michelle Hunter Human Resources Director mhunter@neha.org Started January 2024 Angelica Ledezma Annual Educational Conference Manager aledezma@neha.org Started December 2017, JEH Profile Stephanie Lenhart, MBA Senior Accountant slenhart@neha.org Started June 2021, JEH Profile Matthew Lieber Database Administrator mlieber@neha.org Started May 2013, JEH Profile Dillon Loaiza Accounts Payable Specialist dloaiza@neha.org Started July 2021, JEH Profile Kelsey Lyon Chief Operating Officer klyon@neha.org Started August 2023 Ashish Sharma IT Director asharma@neha.org Started October 2023 Katherine Sheppard Executive Assistant ksheppard@neha.org Started November 2021, JEH Profile
Entrepreneurial Zone Name Title Email Employment Seth Arends Senior Graphic Designer sarends@neha.org Started 2016, JEH Profile Rance Baker Director, Entrepreneurial Zone rbaker@neha.org Started August 2009, JEH Profile Faye Blumberg Instructional Designer fblumberg@neha.org Started October 2021, JEH Profile Trisha Bramwell Sales and Training Support tbramwell@neha.org Started April 2010, JEH Profile Joetta DeFrancesco Retail Program Standards Coordinator jdefrancesco@neha.org Started April 2022, JEH Profile Anna Floyd, PhD Senior Instructional Designer afloyd@neha.org Started January 2021, JEH Profile Julia Hautzinger Graphic Designer jhautzinger@neha.org Started November 2023 Nicole Kinash Training Logistics Manager nkinash@neha.org Started October 2021, JEH Profile Melodie Lake Editor/Copy Writer mlake@neha.org Started October 2021, JEH Profile Nick Ogg Media Production Specialist nogg@neha.org Started February 2022, JEH Profile Sadie Shervheim Project Coordinator sshervheim@neha.org Started October 2021 Evan Suttell Administrative Assistant esuttell@neha.org Started July 2023 Christl Tate Associate Director, Programs ctate@neha.org Started January 2003 Sharon Unkart, PhD Associate Director, Education sdunkart@neha.org Started October 2015, JEH Profile Melissa Vaccaro Senior Food Safety Program Specialist mvaccaro@neha.org Started February 2023, JEH Profile
Government Affairs Marketing & Communications Member Services & Credentialing Name Title Email Employment Heather Folker Director, Member Services & Credentialing hfolker@neha.org Started December 2021, JEH Profile Bobby Medina Credentialing Specialist bmedina@neha.org Started October 2015, JEH Profile Eileen Neison Credentialing Manager eneison@neha.org Started April 2014, JEH Profile Brandie Rome Administrative Assistant brome@neha.org Started November 2023 Michele Samarya-Timm, MA, HO, MCHES, REHS, DLAAS Membership & Affiliate Engagement Manager msamaryatimm@neha.org Started May 2021, JEH Profile Alfonso Valadez Member Services Representative avaladez@neha.org Started April 2022, JEH Profile
Program & Partnership Development Name Title Email Employment Gina Bare, RN Associate Director, Program & Partnership Development gbare@neha.org Started November 2020, JEH Profile Jesse C. Bliss, MPH Director, Program & Partnership Development jbliss@neha.org Started October 2019, JEH Profile Nick Bohnenkamp Senior Program & Operations Manager nbohnenkamp@neha.org Started May 2021, JEH Profile Amy Chang Senior Program Analyst achang@neha.org Started November 2022, JEH Profile Holly Cypress Administrative Support hcypress@neha.org Started June 2021, JEH Profile Nicole Dutra Senior Project Coordinator ndutra@neha.org Started January 2023, JEH Profile Adrienne Gothard, MPH Senior Project Coordinator agothard@neha.org Started April 2022, JEH Profile Becky Labbo, MA Senior Evaluation Specialist rlabbo@neha.org Started October 2020, JEH Profile Terryn Laird Operations & Communications Specialist tlaird@neha.org Started August 2020, JEH Profile Somara Mentley Project Coordinator smentley@neha.org Started January 2023, JEH Profile Vi Nguyen Project Coordinator vnguyen@neha.org Started January 2024 Rachel Stokes, PhD Project Coordinator II rstokes@neha.org Started January 2024 Christopher Walker, MSEH, REHS Senior Program Analyst, Environmental Health cwalker@neha.org Started November 2020, JEH Profile Jennifer Wells Project Assistant jwells@neha.org Started January 2024 Laura M. Wildey Kearse, MS, CP-FS Senior Program Analyst, Food Safety lwildey@neha.org Started February 2020, JEH Profile
NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model
