NEHA AEC Wrap-Up
Social Events
Environmental Health Photo Exhibit & Lt. General Honoré Book Signing
Breakfast & Town Hall Assembly
• 2nd place: Chris Manley, Larimer County Department of Health and Environment • 3rd place: Kathryn Haugen, Minnesota Department of Health Healthy Communities and Special Populations • 1st place: Samantha Russell, Skagit County Public Health • 2nd place: Lisa Whitlock, Retired Food and Drug Administration Retail Food Specialist • ̓ ƛė ƘşñĐğ͔ PğĐƯŵƛ sŵƛȌŪ͓ Sweetener Products Company General Environmental Health • 1st place: Chris Manley, Larimer County Department of Health and Environment • 2nd place: Harry Heafer, Lincoln– Lancaster County Health Department • 3rd place: Elizabeth Kavanah, City of Hartford Food and Water Safety • 1st place: James Scales, Orange County, Texas • 2nd place: Karin Kasper, Franklin County Public Health • 3rd place: Kimberly Burgess, Chey- enne–Laramie County Public Health Infectious and Vector Diseases • 1st place: Kathryn Haugen, Minnesota Department of Health • 2nd place: Harry Heafer, Lincoln– Lancaster County Health Department
Our members packed the room early Wednesday morning, August 2, to get an update on the state of the association and to ask questions of our leadership. Our leadership opened the Town Hall by giv- ing a brief review of the year. In the past year, we continued our goal of supporting the underlying foundation of the environ- mental health workforce by investing in local communities through direct fund- ing, training, assessment, consultation, credentialing, and increasing the visibility of environmental health to policymak- ers. Closing the year in review, President Brown stated, “I know with your help, NEHA will take the environmental health ƘƛŵĹğƣƣňŵŪƯŵʹUŪȌŪňƯǖñŪė ğǖŵŪė͒ ͵ͳ Next, President Brown recognized 34 individuals who made exemplary contribu- tions to the association during his term of ŵĹȌĐğǐňƯł£ƛğƣňėğŪƯňñş ňƯñƯňŵŪƣ͒şňƣƯňŪĺ of these citations can be found on page 63. President Brown went on to recognize the ĺƛğñƯǐŵƛśƯñśňŪĺƘşñĐğǐňƯłňŪŵƷƛñĹȌşňñƯğ ŵƛĺñŪňǡñƯňŵŪƣ ƯłƛŵƷĺł Ưłňƣ ǖğñƛ͵ƣ ĹȌşňñƯğ ğƛƯňȌĐñƯğƣ ŵĹ sğƛňƯ͒ Ʒƛ ñĹȌşňñƯğƣ ƛğƘƛğͨ sent a grassroots network of state-level ñŪė ƣğĐƯŵƛͨ ƣƘğĐňȌĐ ğŪǏňƛŵŪŨğŪƯñş łğñşƯł organizations. We are connected through a shared mission of empowering and educating environmental health profes- ƣňŵŪñşƣ͒ ĹȌşňñƯğ ñƣƣŵĐňñƯňŵŪƣ ñƛğ ƘƛňŨñƛňşǖ run by dedicated volunteers who support the profession locally. Each year, we pro- ǏňėğŵƷƛñĹȌşňñƯğƣ ǐňƯł Ưłğ ŵƘƘŵƛƯƷŪňƯǖ Ưŵ nominate outstanding individuals or teams who have contributed to the success of their
»łğŪňĺłƯŵĹ»Ʒğƣėñǖ͓ ƷĺƷƣƯ͓̑ ǐñƣȌşşğė with two new additions to our AEC pro- gram. First, we hosted a book signing with our keynote speaker, Lt. General Honoré. Attendees had the opportunity to connect one-on-one with the rousing keynote speaker and to purchase auto- graphed copies of his book, Leadership in the New Normal . The second event was the Environmen- tal Health Photo Exhibit. Photography is a powerful storytelling medium. For the 2023 AEC, our members were invited to share photos in a variety of categories that represented the impact of environmental ƘƷĎşňĐ łğñşƯł ňŪ ŵƷƛ ȌƛƣƯͨ ğǏğƛ 0ŪǏňƛŵŪͨ mental Public Health Photography Con- test. The submitted photos were judged by Lloyd DeGrane, a Chicago-based pho- tographer, and Gina Bare, one of our staff and an avid photographer. The selected photos were then showcased during a reception. The photos remained on dis- play for the remainder of the conference. We thank all who submitted for the photo contest. Congratulations to the submitters of the photographs that were selected for the exhibit. The winners of the photography contest were: Climate Health and Emergency Preparedness Category • 1st place: Harry Heafer, Lincoln– Lancaster County Health Department
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