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• Network and share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned with other professionals in your region. Save the date for the InFORM Regional Meetings: • Fort Lauderdale, Florida: January 28–29, 2025 • Saint Louis, Missouri: February 11–12, 2025 • San Francisco, California: February 19–20, 2025 Details about meeting locations, lodging, registration, and travel scholarships will be available soon at www.neha.org/inform. Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity grant funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be used to sup- port travel to attend the regional meetings. There is no fee to attend but registration will be required. Contact inform@cdc.gov if you have questions or need a letter of support for travel.
Additional features available on the PWN Community include tools for the workforce, a resource library, an events calendar, webinar recordings, and the opportunity to build partnerships. Learn more about PWN at www.neha.org/private-water-network. NEHA Staff Profile As part of tradition, we feature new staff members in the Journal around the time of their 1-year anniversary. These profiles allow you to get to know our staff better and to learn more about the great programs and activities going on in your association. This month we are pleased to introduce you to one NEHA staff member. Contact information for all NEHA staff can be found on pages 44 and 45. Sadie Shervheim
I joined NEHA as a Public Health Asso- ciate Professional (PHAP) contracted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October 2021. During this 2-year period, I worked as a project coordinator for NEHA’s body art pro- gram. Leading the 2019 Body Art Model Code update, developing and deliver- ing NEHA’s Body Art Facility Inspector
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Training, creating and managing the NEHA Body Art Newsletter, and working with our dedicated Body Art Committee members were some of the highlights of my first 2 years. After completion of my time as a PHAP in October 2023, I was hired as a full-time project coordinator for NEHA. In addition to continuing to work on our body art initiatives, my responsi- bilities expanded to include assisting in the delivery of our FDA training courses and coordinating training opportunities with our industry partners. Growing up, I was taught that a life best lived is a life of service to others. I pursued a degree in public health education and pro- motion and psychology from the University of Minnesota, Duluth so I could apply that motto to my career. From body art to food safety to other programs I will work on in the future, the variety of opportunities to help and protect others is my favorite part of working in this field. Though I miss my home state of Minnesota, I have loved all Colo- rado has to offer since moving to Denver in 2021. Outside of work, I spend my time snowboarding, skiing, hiking, practicing yoga, pad- dle boarding, and catching the occasional rugby game.
who serve communities with private drinking water systems. Membership with PWN is free. We are proud to partner with CDC on this program. The mission of PWN is to: • Build a sustainable community for professionals working to sup- port private water programs • Connect peers to share experiences, insights, and resources • Provide access to timely and relevant guidance for existing and emerging issues • Build capacity to be more effective and efficient in protecting the public’s health from contaminants in private water sources PWN is now hosted on NEHA’s virtual Community platform at https://community.neha.org/community. The PWN Community provides participants with the ability to: • Communicate with each other to share ideas, ask questions, and build connections • Learn about upcoming trainings, webinars, and events • Access private water and septic stories, news, resources, and tools • Discover funding opportunities, legislative updates, and more
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NEHA members have exclusive access to our online Community platform, which includes environmental health professionals from around the country and the world. Make career connections, ask questions, and discuss solutions—all from the comfort of your desk or phone. Log in at https://community.neha.org/community.
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