NTCA Officers and
Board of Directors 2022-2023
Officers
Heidi Behm, RN, MPH
NTCA President
TB Controller / Nurse Consultant
TB Control Program
Oregon Public Health Division
Transitions to NTCA Immediate Past President in June 2023
Joseph Burzynski, MD, MPH
NTCA President-Elect
Assistant Commissioner / Director
Bureau of TB Control
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Transitions to NTCA President in June 2023
Sarah Gordon, MPH
NTCA Immediate Past President
TB Controller / Program Manager
TB Prevention and Control Program
Minnesota Department of Health
Term ends in June 2023
Jason Cummins, MPH
NTCA Secretary
Director
TB Elimination Program
Tennessee Department of Health
Term ends in June 2023
Sandra Morris, MPH
NTCA Treasurer
TB Controller / Program Manager
TB and Hansen’s Disease Branch
Texas Department of State Health Services
Term ends in June 2024
Board Members
Monica Pecha, MPH
NTCA High Incidence Representative
TB Program Manager
TB Program
Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Washington Department of Health
Term ends in June 2023
Jason Stout, MD, MPH
NTCA High Incidence Representative
TB Controller/Medical Director
North Carolina TB Control Program
Department of Health & Human Services
Term ends in June 2024
Chima Mbakwem, MSHS
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
TB Control Program Manager
TB and Hansen’s Disease Control Program
Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services
Term ends in June 2024
Amy Painter, RN
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
TB Controller / TB Division Manager
Division of TB Control
South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
Term ends in June 2023
Kristin Bertrang, RN, MSN
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
TB Controller / TB Program Manager
TB Program
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Term ends in June 2023
Ryan Weight, MPH, CPH
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
TP Program Manager
Tuberculosis Control Program
Montana Department of Public Health
Term ends in June 2024
Lana Dov, RN, MSN
President, National TB Nurse Coalition
TB Nurse Consultant
Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Washington Department of Health
Term ends in June 2023
Connie Haley, MD, MPH
President, National Society of TB Clinicians
Medical Consultant
Southeastern National TB Center
University of Florida, Gainesville
Term ends in June 2023
Jenni Wheeler, MPH
President, Society for Epidemiology in TB Control
TB Epidemiologist
North Carolina TB Control Program
Department of Health and Human Services
Term ends in June 2023
