About GPHA

The Georgia Public Health Association is an association of individuals and organizations working to improve the public’s health.

Our Vision:
Healthy Georgians, living in healthy communities.

Our Mission Statement:
GPHA’s mission is to advocate for conditions in which all people and communities can be healthy; to promote the scientific foundation of public health practice and policy; and to assure a continuous voice broadly representing public health in Georgia.

GPHA Goals

  • Advocate for the development of policies that positively impact the health of our communities.
  • Promote excellence in public health practices that are based on national public health standards and science-based evidence.
  • Strengthen, advance and support the activities and infrastructures of the organization.
  • Provide membership benefits, services and opportunities that enhance core competencies and celebrate achievements.

Legislative Priorities for 2008

GPHA Board of Directors


President: W. Douglas Skelton, M.D.
Coastal Health District
Savannah

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President-Elect: Russell B. Toal
Institute of Public Health
Georgia State University
Atlanta

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Vice President: Robert V. Taylor
DeKalb County Board of Health
Decatur

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Board Secretary: Gregory H. Fenno
DeKalb County Board of Health
Decatur

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Treasurer: Regina P. Abbott
District 4 Health Services
Griffin

American Public Health Association Representative: Johanna M. Hinman; Emory Prevention Research Center; Atlanta

Southern Health Association Representative: E. Joseph Alderman; Retired; Atlanta

Representative-at-Large:
Alpha Fowler Bryan, M.D.; Clayton County Board of Health; Jonesboro

Representative-at-Large:
C. Wade Sellers, M.D., MPH; Northwest Georgia Health District; Rome

GPHA Section Chairs
GPHA Committee Chairs