ACE Leadership

President - 9/24-9/25

Annette Adams, PhD

Annette Adams, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Southern California

President-Elect - 9/24-9/25

Bertha A. Hidalgo, PhD, MPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Treasurer - 9/24-9/25


Stephen Waring, DVM, PhD
Essentia Institute of Rural Health
 

Secretary - 9/24-9/25


Yvonne L. Michael, ScD
Drexel University
 

Immediate Past President - 9/24-9/25



Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
 

Board Members  

  • Latasha Allen, MSPH, MEDM, Indiana University Indianapolis – Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
    (2026)
  • Akshaya Bhagavathula, PhD, North Dakota State University (2027)
  • Cara Frankenfeld, PhD, MaineHealth Institute for Research (2026)
  • Toby Levin, PhD, MPH, New Jersey Department of Health (2027)
  • Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2025)
  • Ike S. Okosun, MPH, PhD, Georgia State University School of Public Health (2025)
  • Mia Papas, PhD, Christiana Care Health System (2026)
  • Ed Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, University of Nebraska Medical Center (2025)
  • Syed Ahsan Raza, MD, University of Pittsburgh (2027) 
  • Sara Tartof, PhD, Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Research and Evaluation (2026)
  • Roxann Seepersad, Monterey County Health Department (2025)
  • Peter G. Shields, MD, The Ohio State University (2026) 
  • Michael Wirth, PhD, MSPH, University of South Carolina (2027)

National Office Staff

  • Brian Buff - Acting Executive Director 
  • Dominique Kuentzel - Communications
  • Marie McKinnon - Conference & Meeting Planning