Executive Board

Marshare Penny, DrPH

President-Elect
Director, Master of Public Health, Associate Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, California Baptist University 
Email: mpenny@calbaptist.edu 

Dr. Penny has more than 15 years of experience in community and public health, with 10 years serving as a local epidemiologist in the Inland Empire region of California. Her research interests include the areas of health equity, social determinants of health, epidemiology, disaster preparedness, mental health, and injury and violence prevention

Gerold Dermind, MBA

Member-at- Large
Director, Nevada Public Health Training Center, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno 
​Email: gdermid@unr.edu

Gerold Dermid has worked in the field of public health for the past 17 years, focused on accreditation, quality improvement, workforce development, social marketing and community engagement. Mr. Dermid has provided leadership and strategic direction to communities throughout the world in communicable disease prevention, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS, chronic disease prevention, substance use services, health equity, social justice, and international development. He currently manages workforce and student training programs locally, nationally, and internationally, with a special focus on the development of trainings within traditionally underserved communities. ​


​Lisa Gren, Ph.D.

Member-at- Large
Associate Professor, Division of Public Health,
University of Utah 
​Email: lisa.gren@hsc.utah.edu

Lisa Gren currently teaches courses in biostatistics and research methods. Dr. Gren’s research interests are in practice-based research in primary care, clinical epidemiology, and clinical trials methodology. Active areas of research include influenza surveillance in outpatient settings, utilization of clinical resources (including electronic medical records) for public health research, use of public health data in clinical decision-making, and operations and management of clinical trials. She is affiliated with the Utah Health Research Network (UHRN), Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO), National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), and Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT).​

LeKeisha Jackson, Ph.D.

Member-at- Large
Director, Curriculum Manager, Graduate Education in Public Health, Morehouse School of Medicine 
​Email: lejackson@msm.edu

  LeKeisha D. Jackson is the Curriculum Manager for the Graduate Education in Public Health at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA.  Dr. Jackson has worked in higher education for over 13 years in faculty and staff positions within the divisions of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs.  Dr. Jackson is experienced in public health education and workforce training, curriculum and instruction, institutional and program accreditation (CEPH, SACSCOC, ARC-PA, LCME, etc.), health sciences interprofessional education, online education and program development, leadership development.  Dr. Jackson has an active research agenda in the areas of Public Health, Curriculum and Instruction, and Institutional Research and Development, and Interprofessional Education.   Her love for community engagement and academia is exhibited active participation with Phi Kappa Phi, APTR, CAAPHP, APHA, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and other professional organizations.  
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President-Elect 
Marshare Penny, DrPH
Director, Master of Public Health
Associate Professor of Public Health
Department of Public Health Sciences
California Baptist University 
Email: mpenny@calbaptist.edu 

​Marshare Penny is the Director of the Master of Public Health Program and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at California Baptist University. She has more than 15 years of experience in community and public health, with 10 years serving as a local epidemiologist in the Inland Empire region of California. Her research interests include the areas of health equity, social determinants of health, epidemiology, disaster preparedness, mental health, and injury and violence prevention. She earned her DrPH in Health Promotion from Loma Linda University and her MPH in epidemiology from San Diego State University.

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Past-President
Tony Sinay, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Health Care Administration
California State University, Long Beach
Email: Tony.Sinay@csulb.edu 

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​Tony Sinay is a faculty member in the Health Care Administration (HCA) Department at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) since 2003. He served as a program director in 2003-2009, and has been a chair since 2009. Previously Dr. Sinay worked at Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center as an Associate Professor, and at University of Scranton as an Assistant Professor. He taught various health care courses including health care economics and finance, and his publications appeared in high impact journals including the Social Science & Medicine, Health Care Management Review, Journal of Health Care Finance, Journal of Rural Health and Journal of Public Health and Health Management. Dr. Sinay received his PhD and MS degrees from St. Louis University in economics and finance, respectively. Dr. Sinay has been very successful building up a HCA Department at CSULB with substantial new funds, and he would like to help AAPHP to do the same.
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Member-at-Large
Lisa Gren, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Public Health
University of Utah
Phone: 801-587-3330
Email: lisa.gren@hsc.utah.edu 

Lisa Gren, PhD, MPH. Dr. Gren is an Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health at the University of Utah. She currently teaches courses in biostatistics and research methods. Dr. Gren’s research interests are in practice-based research in primary care, clinical epidemiology, and clinical trials methodology. Active areas of research include influenza surveillance in outpatient settings, utilization of clinical resources (including electronic medical records) for public health research, use of public health data in clinical decision-making, and operations and management of clinical trials. She is affiliated with the Utah Health Research Network (UHRN), Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO), National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), and Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT).
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Member-at-Large
Gerold Dermid, MBA
Director
Nevada Public Health Training Center
School of Community Health Sciences
University of Nevada, Reno
Phone: 775-682-7096
Email: gdermid@unr.edu 

Gerold Dermid, MBA is the Director of the Nevada Public Health Training Center, housed within the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno. Mr. Dermid has worked in the field of public health for the past 17 years, focused on accreditation, quality improvement, workforce development, social marketing and community engagement. Mr. Dermid has provided leadership and strategic direction to communities throughout the world in communicable disease prevention, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS, chronic disease prevention, substance use services, health equity, social justice, and international development. He currently manages workforce and student training programs locally, nationally, and internationally, with a special focus on the development of trainings within traditionally underserved communities. 
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Member-at-Large
LeKeisha Jackson, PhD
Director
Curriculum Manager
Graduate Education in Public Health
Morehouse School of Medicine
Phone: 4004-756-6673
Email: lejackson@msm.edu

Dr. LeKeisha Jackson has experience in public health education and workforce training, curriculum  development and management, CEPH accreditation and SACS accreditation standards, Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, and online program development and management.  Dr. Jackson has an active research agenda in the areas of Public Health education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Institutional Research and Development.   Having taught in the public-school system as a science teacher for 5 years, Dr. Jackson has also worked in higher education for over 10 years in positions within the divisions of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs. Her love for community engagement and academia is exhibited active participation with Phi Kappa Phi, APTR, CAAPHP, and other professional organizations.  Dr. Jackson currently serves as the Curriculum Manager for the Graduate Education in Public Health at Morehouse School of Medicine. 
President Emeritus
Gary Gilmore
​University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
​Daniel Bibeau
​University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Stephen Alder
University of Utah
Steven Godin
University of Utah
Jim VanDerslice 
University of Utah 
Stephanie Miles-Richardson
Morehouse School of Medicine 

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