APHN Regions

*Map credit: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

REGION I New England (CT MA ME NH RI VT)

Darlene Morse, MSN, RN, MEd, CHES, CIC
Region I Regional Representative
APHN Board Secretary

Glynnis LaRosa, MPH, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, CPHQ, BB
Massachusetts State Lead

REGION II Northeast and Caribbean (NJ NY PR USVI)

Dianne Bautista, MBA, MPH, MSN, RN-BC  
Region II Regional Representative

Christa Moor
New Jersey State Lead

REGION III Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WA)

Kristin A Bennett, MSN, RN
Region III Regional Representative
APHN Communications Liaison

Carolyn Nganga-Good, MS, RN, CPH
Maryland State Lead
APHN Board Member-At-Large

Kyndra Jackson, DNP, MPH, RN-BC
Virginia State Lead

REGION IV Southeast Sunbelt (AL FL GA KY MS NC SC TN)

Erica Newfield, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC
Alabama State Lead

Brenda Brown, DNS
Georgia State Lead

Ruth Williard, DNP, MBA, RN, BC
Kentucky State Lead 

REGION V Great Lakes - Upper Mid-West IL IN MI MN OH WI)

Leadership Opportunity
Region V Regional Representative

Janelle Lambert, BSN, PHN
Minnesota State Lead

Deborah Heim, PhD, MN, RN, PHNA-BC
Wisconsin State Lead
Education & Professional Development Committee Co-Chair

REGION VI Greater Southwest - Southcentral AR LA NM OK TX)

Leadership Opportunity
Region VI Regional Representative

Heather Black, BSN, BSW
New Mexico State Lead

REGION VII Heartland - Central (IA KS MO NE)

Martha Smith, MSN, RN
Regional VII Regional Representative

Martha Smith, MSN, RN
Missouri State Lead

REGION VIII Rocky Mountain  (Upper West CO MT ND SD UT WY)

Leadership Opportunity
Region VIII Regional Representative

Carol McDonald,
Colorado State Lead

Melanie Pearce, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC
Wyoming State Lead

REGION IX Pacific Rim (AZ CA HI NV Palau and Marshall Is., American Samoa, N. Mariana Islands, Micronesia and Guam)

Leadership Opportunity
Region IX Regional Representative

Tina Venable, RN, PHN
California North State Lead

REGION X Northwest Arctic (AK ID OR WA)

Tom Engle, MN, RN
Regional X Regional Representative
Climate Change Workgroup Co-Chair

Nicole Klein, PhD, MSN
Washington State Lead