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 View the ANCBH Calendar for upcoming meetings. Anticipated meeting dates in 2025 will be February 10, April 14, June 9, August 11, October 13, and December 8.

April 14, 2025 @7-8pm Living with undocumented status: health and wellbeing challenges will be presented by Laura Villa Torres, PhD, MSPH.
Assistant Professor, Public Health Leadership and Practice at Gillings School of Public Health &

Content expert in the intersection of public health, migration policies, and the health and wellbeing of people living with undocumented status in the United State
Register here and Download the program flyer here

Past Meetings
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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.