BOARDS OF HEALTH GOVERNANCE NETWORK

The ANCBH Board of Directors supports the value and importance of Boards of Health and Local Health Departments in Advancing Public Health in North Carolina.

Mission: To identify and address training needs, enable sharing information, identify best practices, learn stories of success/growth, and build relationships among board members per ANCBH’s mission

Goals:
1. Offer members of Boards of Health opportunity to learn from colleagues.
2. Help boards tap into new sources of knowledge as we serve the citizens of NC

Invitees: Members of NC Boards of Health, Local Health Directors, members of Consolidated Boards, County Commissioners serving as Boards of Health, and ANCBH board members

Virtual Meetings: Registration is FREE and meetings are held approximately every other month via Zoom. View the ANCBH Calendar for upcoming meetings.

Upcoming Meeting Anticipated meeting dates in 2025 will be February 10, April 14 (postponed), June 9, August 11, October 13, and December 8.

December 8, 2025 @7-8pm "Advocacy Training" presented by Scott Thorpe, Executive Director of
Southern Alliance of Public Health Leadership and Taylor Norris, BA, Senior Manager of Engagement and Advocacy. Get the complete picture of the current political climate and why your advocacy is so crucial right now for Public Health. Register to attend this free Zoom webinar

October 13, 2025 @7-8pm "Find your change-making team: How to build trust and partnerships with community for the public’s health" presented by Christina R. Welter, DrPH, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, DrPH in Leadership at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Health Policy and Administration Division. View the video. Listen to the audio. View the slides. View presentation abstract

Past Meetings
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August 11, 2025 @7-8pm "Consolidated Human Service Boards of Health: Practical strategies for integration " will be presented by representatives from three Consolidated Human Services Agencies and their Boards—Forsyth, Guilford, Onslow--will describe their experiences within the consolidated model, including the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for meaningful integration.
Download the audio file, video file, supplemental resources, presentation #1

Panelists:

Denise Price, Deputy County Manager, Director of Health and Human Services, Forsyth County
Natalie Craver, Deputy Director, Health and Human Services, Guilford County
Kari Sanders, Assistant County Manager, Consolidated Human Services Director, Onslow County

June 9, 2025 @7-8pm "Artificial Intelligence in Public Health: Peril and Promises" will be presented by Kristi Nickodem, JD, Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government at the UNC-CH School of Government. Download the Zoom video to view the full 60 minutes.
Click to view additional resources provided by the speaker:
Developing guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence in local government

Unpacking the potential risks of generative AI chatbots on local government websites

The April 14, 2025 presentation on Living with undocumented status: health and wellbeing challenges has been postponed until a future date.

February 10, 2025 @7-8pm "A State of Affairs: Dental Public Health in NC" will be presented by Rhonda Stephens, DDS, MPH
•Professor of the Practice, Public Health Leadership and Practice at Gillings School of Public Health &
•Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, UNC Adams School of Dentistry. View the slides and the Zoom audio recording.

November 18, 2024 @7-8pm "What Health Board Members Need to Know About PH Preparedness" will be presented by Raul Gomez, Disaster Preparedness Manager, Guilford County Dept of Public Health. Mr. Gomez was formerly the Emergency Management Coordinator at Cone Health System. This training can count toward your accreditation requirements. View the slides, the audio recording or the Zoom video recording.

September 23, 2024 @7-8pm "Results of the NCIPH's BOH Training Task Force" will be presented by Karl Johnson, PhD. Assistant Professor UNC Gillings School of Public Health and Associate Member ANCBH. Join your colleagues for this free virtual (Zoom) program. View the slides and the Zoom video recording.

July 22, 2024 @7-8pm Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, NC State Health Director/Chief Medical Officer NC DHHS, discussed the critical role of local Boards of Health in North Carolina's decentralized public health system. View the slides and the Zoom video recording.

May 28, 2024 Inaugural meeting @7-8pm: "The Role of Local BOHs as a Critical Public Health Institution". View the slides and the Zoom video recording of the presentation by Vaughn Upshaw, DrPH, MPH, EdD, Chair, Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice at UNC Chapel Hill and founding member of ANCBH.