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NEHA SECOND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is governed by a corporate Board of Directors who oversee the aairs of the association. The board is made up of two groups: national ocers and regional vice-presidents. NEHA elects its national ocers through a ballot that goes to all active and life members prior to the annual conference. Among other things, the ballot features the election for the position of NEHA second vice-president. The person elected to this position begins a 5-year commitment to NEHA that involves advancing each year to a dierent national oce to eventually become NEHA president. Election policy specifies that candidate profiles for the second vice-president be limited to 800 words in total length. If a candidate’s profile exceeds that limit, the policy requires that the profile is terminated at the last sentence before the 800-word limit is exceeded. In addition, the submitted profiles have not been grammatically edited, but presented as submitted and within the 800-word limitation. This year, we present one candidate for the office of second vice-president.
Scott Holmes Scott E. Holmes, REHS, MS, is passionate about protecting public health and the envi- ronment upon which all life depends, coach- ing and mentoring young environmental health professionals, and building resilience against health impacts from climate change. He has managed the Environmental Public Health Division with the Lincoln-Lancaster
emy and previously served as a Technical Advisor (Food Safety and Air Quality). Scott has presented numerous times at the Annual Education Conference and reviewed NEHA position papers. Scott was honored to receive the NEHA Past Presidents Award in 2017 for his work behind the scenes promoting envi- ronmental health. He is an active member and past president of the Nebraska Environmental Health Association. Scott currently serves as co-chair for the multi-Federal agency, multi-association Council for Improving Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR). While on CIFOR, he has reviewed and edited the CIFOR Guide- lines, Toolkit, and Industry Guidelines. Scott served on the Nebraska Board of Environmental Health Specialists for ten years - six as its chair. He also served on the State Emergency Response Commission. Scott served on the National Center for Environmental Health Board of Scientific Counselors and helped develop National Environmental Health Performance Standards. He served on UL’s Environmental and Public Health Council for 15 years. Scott has lectured at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and College of Public Health on topics including health impacts of climate change; environmental health; emergency response to outbreaks and disasters; land use planning and public health; and air quality impacts on health. Scott has presented at numerous state, regional and national conferences.
County Health Department in Nebraska since 1991. The Division has a broad range of environmental health programs including Air Quality, Children’s Environmental Health (including Lead Safe Lin- coln), Climate and Health Resilience, Environmental Health Educa- tion, Food Safety, HazMat Response, Land Use Plan Review, Waste Management, and Water Quality. The Division has 45 sta and a $5 million budget. Scott served as the Department’s Epidemiologist (3 years) and worked as a sanitarian for the North Dakota Department of Health (3 years). Scott earned a B.S. in Microbiology - Environ- mental Health from Montana State University (1981) and an M.S. in Environmental Health from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (1988). Scott is an active member of NEHA. He currently serves as a mentor for NEHA’s Environmental Health Leadership Acad-
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