WHO WE ARE

The Public Health Alumni Association is governed by a board of elected alumni and has five standing committees: Professional Development; Community Service; Public Relations and Social; Policies and Procedures; and Fundraising. To learn more about PHAA activities and opportunities, please see Get Involved.

Board Members of the Public Health Alumni Association

• President: Christina Benjamin, MPH ' 07 (Maternal and Child Health), CHES

  Education: MPH, Maternal and Child Health, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; CHES, National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.; AB, History, Rollins College
  Current Employer: America's Health Insurance Plans, Research Associate, Equity and Clinical Strategies
  Organizational Affiliations: Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (volunteer); Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association; Junior League of Washington (volunteer).



• Vice President: Penney Davis, MPH '06 (Global Health Promotion)

  Education: MPH, Global Health Promotion, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BA, Sociology, University of Arkansas
  Current Employment: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO), Senior Analyst, Public Health Infrastructure and Systems
  Organizational Affiliations: APHA (member); Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC (volunteer); Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force (volunteer)



• Secretary: Nousheen Thakur, MPH 2005

  Education: MPH, GW School of Public Health and Health Services
  Current Employer: Princeton Borough Health Department
  Organizational Affiliation: New Jersey Public Health Association, Professional Service Group of Trenton



• Member-at-Large: Ndidi Amutah, MPH '05 (Maternal and Child Health)

  Education: 3rd year PhD student, Maternal and Child Health, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health; MPH, Maternal and Child Health, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BS, Public Health/BA, Africana Studies, Rutgers University
  Organizational Affiliations: APHA (member); Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association; Society of Public Health Education; International Society on Urban Health; National Black Graduate Student Association; Zeta Phi Beta



• Member-at-Large: Aziza Hull, MPH '09


• Member-at-Large: Sarah Jackson, MPH '09


• Member-at-Large: Kim Saylor, MPH '09


• Member-at-Large: Francisco Semiao, MPH '02

  Education: MPH, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; MS, Marymount University, BA, Marymount University
  Current Employer: GW Medical Center
  Organizational Affiliation: APHA



• Member-at-Large: Pellavi Sharma, MPH '06


• Member-at-Large: Becca Simon, MPH '06 (Global Health Policy)

  Education: MPH, Global Health Policy, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BS Ed, University of Georgia
  Current Employment: Futures Group, Manager of Operations for Public- Private Partnership Projects in Africa, South America, and Asia
  Organizational Affiliations: University of Georgia Alumni Association (member)



• Member at Large: Logan Thornton, MPH '03 (Health Promotion/Disease Prevention)

  Education: MPH, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BA, Spanish/Biology, Randolph-Macon Woman's College
  Current Employment: Ph.D. Student
  Organizational Affiliations: Randolph-Macon Woman's College Alumnae Association (Board of Directors); APHA (member)



• PHSA Liaison: Emma Sandoe, MPHc 2010