State and local health officials are at the center of the Covid-19 response and management. They have been targeted, harassed, and threatened.[1] Of these officials, more than 60% are women.[2]
This list was compiled from news articles as well as the Directory from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
- Lori Tremmel Freeman (CEO of National Association of County and City Health Officials)
- Theresa Anselmo (Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials)
- Kat DeBurgh (ED, Health Officers Association of California) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/coronavirus-health-officials.html
- Anne Zink (AK) *link to History Professor*
- Cara M. Christ (AZ)
- Sandra Shewry (CA)
- Erica Pan (CA)
- Barbara Ferrer (CA, Los Angeles County) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/coronavirus-health-officials.html
- Jill Ryan (CO)
- Emily Brown (CO, former director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department) https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/876714176/public-health-workers-face-threats-unemployment-while-fighting-virus
- Deidre Gifford (CT)
- Karyl Rattay (DE)
- LaQuandra S. Nesbitt (DC)
- Alina Alonso (FL, Palm Beach County’s Health Department)
- Yesenia Diaz Villalta (FL, Miami-Dade County Health Department)
- Kathleen Toomey (GA)
- Libby Char (HI)
- Elke Shaw-Tulloch (ID)
- Ngozi Ezike (IL) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/illinois-coronavirus-health-director.html
- Allison Arwady (IL, Chicago)
- Kristina M. Box (IN)
- Kelly Garcia (IA)
- Jennifer Avegno (LA, New Orleans) https://www.wwno.org/post/frontline-dr-jennifer-avegno
- Sheila Hogan (MT)
- Dannette Smith (NE)
- Lisa Sherych (NV)
- Kathy Kunkel (NM)
- Lillian Shirley (OR)
- Kim Malsam-Rysdon (SD)
- Lisa Piercey (TN)
- Lauri Jones (WA) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/03/868566600/local-public-health-workers-report-hostile-threats-and-fears-about-contact-traci
- Stephanie Smiley (WI)
- Alexia Harrist (WY)
References edit
- ^ Bosman, Julie (22 June 2020). "Health Officials Had to Face a Pandemic. Then Came the Death Threats". The New York Times.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Haridasani Gupta, Alisha (27 May 2020). "How Do You Lead a State's Coronavirus Response? Ask Her". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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