NCHEC Boards and Staff
NCHEC Staff Members Executive Director Melissa Opp, MPH, MCHES®, ICE-CCP mopp@nchec.org | ext. 11 Exam and Operations Manager Tanya Cole tcole@nchec.org | ext. 12 Continuing Education Coordinator Pamela Poulter ppoulter@nchec.org | ext. 14 Financial Manager Lisa Petrone lpetrone@nchec.org | ext. 15 Communication Manager Jessica Wessner jwessner@nchec.org | ext. 10 Credentialing Project Specialist A l yssa Dzurkovich, BS, CHES® mhouston@nchec.org | ext. 16 Administrative Coordinato r Shekinah Kee admin@nchec.org | ext. 18
NCHEC is governed by a 12-person Board of Commissioners and two 7- person and one 11-person Division Boards. Each division board addresses one of the three activities noted in NCHEC’s mission: certification, professional development and professional preparation. All directors and commissioners are elected volunteers and are active credential-holders, with the exception of the public member who is appointed by the Board of Commissioners.
2026 Division Board for Professional Preparation and Practice Holly T. Moses, PhD, MCHES® (Coordinator) Leigh Lane, DHA, MCHES® (Vice-coordinator) Melvina Wilson, DrPH, MPH, MCHES® Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, PhD, MPH, CHES® Derek Cegelka, PhD, MPH, CHES® Tina Marie Devlin, MPH, MCHES® Brittny Bratcher-Rasmus, Ph.D., MS, CHES®
2026 Executive Officers
Kathy Janes Jinkins, BSN, M.Ed, MCHES® (Chair, At-large Commissioner) Leigh Lane, DHA, MCHES® (Vice-chair, DBPPP Vice-coordinator) Corry Smith, MS, MA (Secretary, Public Member)
Julia Varnes, PhD, MPH, MCHES® (Treasurer, DBCHES Coordinator)
Anna Torrens Armstrong, PhD, MPH, MCHES® (Immediate Past Chair, At-large Commissioner)
2026 Division Board for Certification of Health Education Specialists
2026 Commissioners
2026 Division Board for Professional Development Hannah Ostheimer, MPH, MCHES® Leigh Lane, DHA, MCHES® Ed Jones, MS, BS, CHES® Heidi Austin, EdD, EdS, MS, BS, MCHES®, CFLE Holly Moses, PhD, MCHES® Carla Valdez, Ed.D, MPH, MCHES® Stephanie Atella, MPH, CHES® Hannah Ostheimer, MPH, MCHES® (Coordinator) Ed Jones, MS, BS, CHES® (Vice-coordinator) Ty Oehrtman, MS, MCHES® Ashley Tharpe, EdD, MPH, MSHS, CHES® Leah Roman, MPH, MCHES® LaShantynia Clayton, MPH, CHES® Kimberley Freeman, DrPH, MPH, MCHES®
Julia Varnes, PhD, MPH, MCHES® (Coordinator) Carla Valdez, Ed.D, MPH, MCHES® (Vice-coordinator) Marietta Orlowski, PhD, MCHES®, CPH Alexis Blavos, PhD,MCHES® Krista Mincey, MPH, DrPH, MCHES® Anthony Santella, DrPH, MPH, MCHES®, CPH Gayle Walter, PhD, MPH, MCHES® J. Michael Wilkerson, Ph.D., MPH, MSEd, MCHES® Sarah Jacob, MBA, MPH, MD, MCHES® Emily Tuschhoff, MS, MCHES® Melissa Palmer, MAdm, BS, MCHES®
Editor: Jessica Wessner, NCHEC Communication Manager Copy-editors: Matthew McVey, CHES®, Kadi Bliss, MCHES®, Lynn Willis, CHES®, LaShantynia Clayton, CHES®
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