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Monica Clonts, MSN, RN
Phelps-Maries County Health Department
Monica Clonts worked as a research assistant at St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital for 12 years. It was during this time she pursued
her dream of being a nurse and attended St. Joseph’s Hospital School
of Nursing in Memphis Tennessee where she graduated with honors
and received her Diploma in Nursing in 1992. After graduation
Monica relocated to St. James, Missouri with her husband and young
son and began her public health career working for Crawford County
Health Department.
During her 15 years at Crawford County Health Department Monica
gained valuable experience in many areas of public health. In
addition to being the Communicable Disease Coordinator, she
Monica Clonts developed, obtained funding for and directed the Positive Parenting
Communicable Disease Program for five years. While employed at Crawford County Health
Coordinator Department Monica returned to school and completed her Bachelor
Phelps-Maries County Health of Science in Nursing (BSN) through the University of Missouri-St.
Department Louis and began working towards her Master of Science in Nursing
200 N Main, Ste G51
Rolla, MO 65401 (MSN) through the University of Phoenix.
Phone: 573/458-6010 In 2008 Monica made the decision to leave Crawford County Health
Fax: 573/458-6060 Department for the opportunity to work at the Phelps/Maries County
Health Department as the Communicable Disease and STD
Email: Coordinator. In addition to the other roles a public health nurse
clontm@lpha.mopublic.org carries out, Monica has added the role of Staff Development
Coordinator to her resume since completing her MSN in Health Care
Education in 2010. When asked what she likes most about her career
Monica states that it is the new challenges each day. No two days are
ever alike and it is never boring when you are working to protect the
health of your community.
Lisa Crandall, BSW
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Lisa Crandall is a graduate of Columbia College, with her Bachelor’s
Degree in Social Work. She has been an employee of the Missouri
Department of Health and Senior Services since 2004.
Ms. Crandall worked for Community Hospices of America. She
provided social services to terminally ill patients and their family
members. She also provided bereavement services for family
members and coordinated volunteer activities for the agency.
Ms. Crandall worked for University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics
as a Resource Acquisition Specialist. She assisted patients by
obtaining medication through financial assessments, resource
referral, application assistance for pharmaceutical company
programs, and coordination of Medicaid Spend Down.
Lisa Crandall Ms. Crandall also worked with the Morgan County Health Center as
Associate Bureau Chief
a Service Coordinator. She provided service coordination for
Bureau of Special Health Care
Needs children and youth with special health care needs in Morgan County
930 Wildwood Drive and surrounding areas. Ms. Crandall conducted outreach activities,
Jefferson City, MO 65109 responded to referrals, assessed the needs and resources of
participants through home visits, and linked participants with
Phone: 573/751-6246 necessary services and supports.
Fax: 573/751-6237
Ms. Crandall worked at the Missouri Department of Health and
Email: Senior Services as a Program Manager and Information and Logistics
lisa.crandall@health.mo.gov Coordinator. She provided program oversight, facilitated data
collection and analysis, lead statewide contract development,
managed information systems, and coordinated Bureau activities to
assure consistency among multiple programs.
Ms. Crandall is currently the Associate Bureau Chief in the Bureau of
Special Health Care Needs at the Missouri Department of Health and
Senior Services. She provides leadership in oversight and
administration of Bureau programs and initiatives.
Ms. Crandall is dedicated to ensuring the provision of quality services that
enable the best possible health and greatest degree of independence
for Missourians with special health care needs. She enjoys working to
serve the citizens of Missouri.
Alicia Downes, LMSW
Kansas City Free Health Clinic
Alicia Downes holds a Masters degree in Social Work from the
University of Kansas and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and
Sociology from William Jewell College. She has worked as a Social
Worker for the past 22 years in the fields of Mental Health and HIV
Services.
Alicia Downes is a nationally recognized expert in HIV education
targeting healthcare professionals and peers. She has been employed with
the Kansas City Free Health Clinic since 1999. At the Clinic she has lent
her skills and knowledge to several roles, including:
The program manager for the Midwest AIDS Training and Education
Center of Missouri and is responsible for designing; implementing and
Alicia Downes evaluating HIV-related professional continuing education for
HIV Education Manager physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physician
Kansas City Free Health Clinic assistants, dentists and dental hygienists across the state. In the last
3515 Broadway grant year, these programs reached 2,340 professionals.
Kansas City, MO 64111
She also participated in a national project to develop HIV peer
Phone: 816/777-2746 educator training curriculum and technical assistance tools. As part of
Fax: 816/753-0804
this project, she has provided technical assistance to twelve
Email: aliciad@kcfree.org organizations and conducted four national peer educator trainings.
She coordinated the CDC-funded prevention case management
program, providing in-depth services to HIV+ persons.
She coordinated the SAMHSA-funded ONXY project. Working with
community partners, leading a youth advisory committee and training
youth as HIV peer educators.
Ms. Downes is a licensed social worker and former Ryan White case
manager.
Franklin Fick III, BS
le for maternal and child health vital statistics analysis and reporting,
reviewing research propo
Washington County Health Department
Franklin Fick is the Director of the Washington County Health
Department. He began working in Washington County in 2010 after
spending six years working for the Department of Health and Senior
Services at its Eastern District office. Frank worked for DHSS as an
epidemiology specialist and as an environmental specialist. Frank is
currently an MPH student at Saint Louis University. He earned a BS in
Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University. He has also worked
as an environmental engineer and project manager for 15 years. He has
worked as a first responder in environmental emergencies such as train
derailments, hazardous materials sabotage, and hazardous materials
spills.
Frank became interesting in public health as a result of a month-long
trip to Latin America in 1972. During that time he observed the health
conditions of many who were poor, under-educated, and who suffered
Franklin Fick from malnutrition, inadequate sanitation, and unclean water. In 1977
Director he decided to work toward alleviating some of the health disparities he
Washington County Health had observed. Frank has worked on short-term public health projects in
Department Africa, Central America, and South America.
520 Purcell Drive
Potosi, MO 63664
Phone: 573/438-2164
Fax: 573/438-4759
Email:
fickf@lpha.mopublic.org
Carrie Haley, MSW, BSW
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Carrie Haley holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and a
Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in Policy and
Administration, both from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
Ms. Haley has worked for the Missouri Department of Health and
Senior Services since October 2006 in the Office of Human
Resources. Currently she is a Human Resource Manager who works
with supervisors and managers in the areas of performance,
discipline, and policy. She supervises the payroll, leave and benefits
section in the Office of Human Resources. She is the current co-chair
of the State Human Resources Management Committee, which
allows human resource personnel from all state agencies to meet
monthly to collaborate, converse, and learn about new or upcoming
issues in the area of human resources.
Carrie Haley
Human Resource Manager Prior to her work at DHSS, Ms. Haley worked for the Missouri
Office of Human Resources Department of Social Services as a Human Relations Officer
912 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109 investigating complaints of discrimination and employee concerns.
She also worked as a Social Service Worker at the Child Abuse and
Phone: 573/526-7872 Neglect Hotline, and in the field in Osage County handling child
Fax: 573/526-5521 abuse and neglect investigations, foster placements, and in-home
services with families.
Email:
carrie.haley@health.mo.gov Ms. Haley resides in Jefferson City with her husband, Carl, and 2
year old son, Dylan.
Deborah Haller, RN
Johnson County Community Health Services
Debbie Haller has been the Administrator of Johnson County
Community Health Services since June 2006. In addition to serving
as the Local Public Health Agency for Johnson County, the Agency
also provides Home Health and Hospice Services to Johnson and
Lafayette counties. In 2010, the Agency purchased additional
property which will be remodeled to accommodate growth in services
and personnel.
Debbie graduated from Central Missouri State University in 1972
with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing.
Deborah Haller
Administrator Her past professional work experience includes being an instructor
Johnson County Community and coordinator of Warrensburg Area Vocational-Technical School’s
Health Services Practical Nursing Program for nine years and serving in various
429 Burkarth Road positions at Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg, MO
Warrensburg, MO 64093 for twenty-five years including; Shift Supervisor, Director of
Nursing, Vice President for Nursing and Clinical Services,
Phone: 660/747-6121 Accreditation and Survey Coordinator, Safety and Emergency
Fax: 660/747-6087 Preparedness Director, Quality Improvement and Risk Management
Director, and Staff Educator.
Email:
halled@lpha.mopublic.org
In the local community, Debbie currently serves as the secretary of
the Warrensburg Clean Air Coalition, a Board Member for the
Greater Warrensburg Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor
Center, and as an Elder at the First Christian Church in Warrensburg,
MO.
Debbie is married and has three adult children and three
grandchildren.
Andrew Hunter, MA
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Andrew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University
of Missouri-Columbia where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He also
holds a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of
Missouri-Columbia with an emphasis in population projections.
During his time as a graduate student, he also held an internship with
the State Demographer.
Andrew began work for the Department of Health in 1999 as a
Research Analyst III in the Center for Health Information
Management and Epidemiology (CHIME). He worked on the
Missouri Birth Defect Registry conducting linkage between the birth
certificate and the newborn hospital discharge record among other
birth defect surveillance activities. He also developed population
Andrew Hunter, MA projections by ZIP code for the Certificate of Need (CON) program
Research Analyst IV and prepared population estimates for Health’s web query system.
Bureau of Health Informatics
920 Wildwood Drive In 2007, Andrew was promoted to Research Analyst IV at what has
Jefferson City, MO 65109
become the Department of Health and Senior Service’s Bureau of
Phone: 573/526-0444 Health Informatics. He is the project manager for Missouri’s
Fax: 573/522-6003 Assessment Initiative grant through CDC. This grant provides
dollars to aid in funding the Community Data Profiles and Missouri
Email: Information for Community Assessment (MICA), DHSS’s primary
andrew.hunter@health.mo.gov web query tools. These resources provide stakeholders in Missouri
public health with statistical data to help them understand health
concerns at a broad range of geographic levels. As part of the grant,
he is responsible for promoting MICA and expanding training
opportunities related to it. Andrew’s team conducts trainings
throughout the state for county health departments and other
interested parties to increase their utilization of this unique Missouri
tool. In addition to these duties, he still assists on most of the
population/demographic related projects for the Department.
Naser Jouhari, MIS
Kansas City Missouri Health Department
I graduated from Jerash University in Jordan with a bachelor’s degree
in Agriculture Engineering majoring in Animal Production and
Protection. I continued my graduate education in the same field at
the University of Jordan in Animal Behavior. I moved to the United
States in 2009 and obtained my master’s degree in the Information
Technology field specifically in Management Information Systems.
I have been working at the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department
since 2001 where I began as a Public Health Specialist in food
inspection. In 2004, I became field supervisor in the Program where
I supervised and trained health inspectors and provided technical and
administrative guidance to them.
Naser Jouhari I was promoted to Code Enforcement Manager for the Environmental
Code Enforcement Manager Public Health Program in 2007 working to develop and manage
Kansas City Missouri Health procedures for the Program. Work responsibilities include planning,
Department directing, and coordinating the enforcement of public health
2400 Troost, Ste 3000 ordinances related to the Food Code; as well as the enforcement of
Kansas City, MO 64108 State and Federal regulations in regards to Childcare and lodging
facilities. Also to plan, assign, and supervise inspections,
Phone: 816/513-6198
Fax: 816/513-6290 investigations, and training and educational activities. Moreover, I
provide technical training to field staff to ensure uniformity and
Email: consistency among inspections.
naser_jouhari@kcmo.org
I am married and have two children and reside in Kansas City,
Missouri.
Jean McBride, BSN
Marion County Health Department
Jean McBride graduated from Blessing Hospital School of Nursing in
1983 in Quincy, Illinois. Her nursing career has allowed numerous
opportunities over the past 28 years.
She began as a pediatric nurse. She has been a Director of Nurses for
three skilled nursing facilities, an infection control nurse, a quality
assurance nurse, a hot line investigator, an internal auditor, certified
nurses assistant instructor, consultant, an Administrator of two skilled
facilities, a case manager for Aetna Insurance, developed the medical
assistant program for Vatterott College in Quincy, Illinois and taught
classes.
Jean began her career in public health in February 2005 as the health
Jean McBride educator for Marion County Health Department. She established
Administrator numerous programs and coalitions to provide health education to area
Marion County Health residents, including the annual Happy Health Halloween Parade to
Department & Home Health promote physical activity and health choice treats. She became the
Agency administrator in March 2009. She serves on several area committees
3105 Palmyra Rd, Rt. W and advisory boards. Jean is chair of Alliance for Substance Abuse
POB 1378 Prevention (ASAP) and CHART Partnership, vice-chair of CHART
Hannibal, MO 63401
Wellness and FACT. She is completing her BSN on line at Hannibal
Phone: 573/221-1166 LaGrange University.
Fax: 573/221-1214
Jean lives in Hannibal with her husband Jim. They have three
Email: children. They have a small farm with numerous rescued animals,
mcbrio@lpha.mopublic.org mostly due to their granddaughter, Deirdre who is 11. They have a
new grandson, Logan, who was born in July. Photography has been a
live long interest that she plans to pursue full time when she retires
(many years from now).
Lori Moots-Clair, RN, BSN
Knox County Health Department
Lori Moots-Clair is a graduate of Truman State University in
Kirksville, Missouri, with a major in Nursing and a minor in Biology.
Lori began her career in public health in March 1999 with four
county health departments in Northeast Missouri as a health educator
(Shelby, Knox, Scotland and Clark Counties). During that time Lori
worked under a health educator contract with the state, addressing
prevention and policy change regarding tobacco, nutrition and
physical activity.
Through that endeavor Lori wrote several grants that led to trails in
Clark and Scotland County, as well as promotions for physical
activity surrounding the use of those trails. In addition, Lori worked
with two other individuals to create, and obtain grant funding to
Lori Moots-Clair support, Project Smokebusters, a tobacco free lifestyles program that
Administrator supports policy change in schools and communities. In 2004, Lori
Knox County Health
wrote a grant to the Missouri Foundation for Health, to conduct the
Department/Home Health
Agency “Missouri 4-County Heart Health” project. With this grant over 450
217 North First Street baseline assessments (lipids, blood pressures, behaviors, self efficacy,
Edina, MO 63537 etc.) were conducted in worksites across the original four county
area, and then programming to support policies for physical activity,
Phone: 660/397-3396 a smoke-free environment and 5-A-Day was conducted.
Fax: 660/397-3579
In 2006 Lori transferred to the Clark County Health Department
Email: where she continued her health education work for Clark and
mootsl@lpha.mopublic.org Scotland Counties, and also began training as an administrator in
public health. In March 2007, she obtained her current position as
administrator of the Knox County Health Department/Home Health
Agency, the county in which she was raised and graduated from high
school. The project Lori is most excited about in Knox County at
this time is the creation of a Community Center Complex, which will
contain a fitness center, walking trail and education hall. Lori serves
on the board of directors for this project, and has been assisting the
group with grant writing to see it to completion. The group
anticipates breaking ground in late spring 2011.
Finally, Lori moved back to her home county in 2009, with her
husband Chad and their son Cooper (3 yrs).Amy Morris, BS
Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center
Amy Morris is a graduate from Southeast Missouri State University.
She has a BS in Biology with a minor in Chemistry.
In 2001, she took a position with the Cape Girardeau County Public
Health Center as an Environmental Public Health Specialist. Primary
duties included restaurant inspections, onsite sewage permitting,
daycare inspections, lodging inspections, communicable disease
investigations, private water sampling, rabies investigations, and
emergency response.
She has been a Certified Environmental Health Specialist as defined
by the Missouri Board of Certification for Environmental Health
Amy Morris Professionals since 2003.
Environmental Public Health
Specialist Supervisor In 2005, Amy was appointed supervisor of the Environmental
Cape Girardeau County Public Section. She manages 3 full-time employees and 1 part-time
Health Center employee and continues to conduct inspections and investigations.
1121 Linden St.
POB 1839
She is a member of several professional organizations, such as the
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
Missouri Milk Food and Environmental Health Association
Phone: 573/335-7846 ext. (MMFEHA), Missouri Smallflows Organization (MSO), and the
136 Missouri Environmental Health Association (MEHA).
Fax: 573/334-6572
Prior to her public health career, Amy served in the United States
Email: Navy from 1991-1996 and in the Naval Reserves from 1996-2002.
morria1@lpha.mopublic.orgKen Palermo, MM, BA
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Ken is employed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services, Bureau of HIV, STD and Hepatitis. Since 2007 he has
served as a Disease Intervention Specialist and currently holds the
position of Provider Health Educator.
In his role as Provider Health Educator, Ken acts as the liaison
between the Bureau and doctors, hospitals, contractors and grantees
to help support prevention, intervention and care initiatives.
He develops and coordinates the marketing efforts of the Bureau’s
and CDC’s awareness and prevention messages regarding HIV/STD
and Hepatitis. Ken also provides instructional and technical resources
for program stakeholders.
Ken Palermo Ken provides technological support for the Bureau though website
Provider Health design and maintenance, data gathering and compilation and research
Educator/Health Program Rep design and implementation.
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Missouri Department of
He also facilitates the Missouri Hepatitis C Prevention Group as
Health and Senior Services
930 Wildwood Drive Statewide Co-Chairman.
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Prior to Ken’s tenure at DHSS, his public service career spanned 15
Phone: 573/291-6535 years with the Missouri Department of Social Services, Family
Fax: 573/751-6447 Support Division. He served as a caseworker, Unit Supervisor,
Project Manager, Training Technician II and Program Administrator
Email: for various Division programs.
ken.palermo@health.mo.gov
Ken holds a Bachelor of Arts from Truman State University and a
Master’s Degree in Management from Fontbonne University.Donna Puckett, MS, BA
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
I began my public health career in 1984 as a WIC Nutritionist for the
Randolph County Health Department in Moberly, MO. I worked in
the prenatal clinics and well child clinics in addition to the WIC
program for four years before leaving the area.
I returned to public health in 1993. I was hired by Iva Scott-Braun at
the Cole County Health Department to serve as a tri-county WIC
nutritionist for Cole, Callaway and Howard Counties.
My seventeen year tenure with DHSS began in 1994 when I was
hired to conduct WIC nutrition trainings. I promoted to a Training
Technician with the Training and Professional Development Unit in
1998, working with Addie Merkle and Nancy Bush. They introduced
me to distance learning and I assisted with the development of a
Donna Puckett network of satellite viewing sites throughout the state. I’ve also
Planner III worked with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and
Missouri Department of Summer Feeding Program. I left the department for an opportunity
Health and Senior Services to serve as the education director for the Missouri Academy of
930 Wildwood Drive Family Physicians, but returned to DHSS two years later to join the
Jefferson City, MO 65109 Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood’s Injury and Violence
Prevention Unit. I’m currently a Planner III in the Bureau of
Phone: 573/751-6102
Fax: 573/526-6946 Environmental Epidemiology.
Email:
donna.puckett@health.mo.govRebecca Roesslet, BA
Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health
and Human Services
I graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1994 with a
BA in psychology. I worked for the state of Missouri for many years.
From 1995-98 I was employed by the Division of Family Services as
a Social Services Worker. In 1998 I transferred to the Division of
Aging and remained there until 2003.
In 2003, I began my employment at the Columbia/Boone County
Department of Public Health and Human Services as a social services
specialist. I was promoted to social services supervisor in 2005. In
this position, I oversee the social services staff and programs, some
of which include prenatal case management, pregnancy counseling,
dental pain relief, utility assistance, and the Missouri Community
Rebecca Roesslet Based Home Visiting grant.
Social Services Supervisor
Columbia/Boone County In 2010, I completed the Public Health Certificate program at the
Department of Public Health University of Missouri-Columbia and was fortunate to be one of the
and Human Services 2010 MPHA Health Professional Scholarship recipients. I am
1005 W. Worley presently enrolled in the Master of Public Health Program at MU
Columbia, MO 65203
with a May, 2012 graduation date.
Phone: 573/874-7490
Fax: 573/874-7756 I live in Columbia, MO with my husband and two young children.
Email:
raroessl@gocolumbiamo.comEvelena Sutterfield, RN
Clark County Health Department
Evelena Sutterfield is a 1991 graduate of Southeastern Community
College with an Associate Degree in Nursing. She has been
employed at the Clark County Health Department, located in Kahoka,
Missouri, for the past 15 years. Clark County is a small rural county
located in the very Northeast corner of the state. She has spent the
past 4 years proudly serving as the agency Administrator.
Evelena’s entire adult life has been dedicated to the field of nursing.
She began working as a CNA (Certified Nurse Assistant) and a LPN
(Licensed Practical Nurse) in long term care facilities while pursuing
her RN (Registered Nurse) degree. Her hospital experience includes
working in the areas of Medical Surgical, Oncology and Dialysis. In
Evelena Sutterfield January of 1996 she began her adventure into Home Health and
Administrator Public Health arena. She has worked in all the programs the Health
Clark County Health Department offers and continues to provide hands on care along with
Department her administrative duties.
670 North Johnson St.
POB 12 As a lifelong resident of Clark County, Evelena is committed to
Kahoka, MO 63445
improving the health and wellness of the citizens of her community.
Phone: 660/727-2356 She is married and resides in Kahoka, Missouri. She and her husband
Fax: 660/727-2927 have three daughters and two granddaughters.
Email:
suttem@lpha.mopublic.orgMarcia Walmsley, MBA, BS
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Marcia Walmsley received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human
Development and Family Studies with an emphasis in Child
Development from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a MBA
from William Woods University.
Marcia began her career with the Department of Health and Senior
Services in 2004 as the Eastern District Supervisor for the Bureau of
Child Care. In 2007 the Bureau of Child Care became the Section for
Child Care Regulation and in 2008 Marcia was classified as a Child
Care Supervisor. In her role as a supervisor she supervises Child
Care Facility Specialists and assists with the monitoring and
regulation of approximately 1300 child care facilities within the St.
Louis Metropolitan Area.
Marcia Walmsley
Child Care Supervisor Prior to working for the Department of Health & Senior Services
Section for Child Care Marcia worked over 8 years for the Missouri Department of Mental
Regulation Health as a Program Specialist II. In this role she was responsible for
220 So. Jefferson Avenue
2nd Floor statewide policy for out of home and community based services for
St. Louis, MO 63103 children with Serious Emotional Disturbances. Marcia coordinated
the statewide and national awareness of Children’s Mental Health
Phone: 314/877-2812 Week, which originated in the State of Missouri. She also served as
Fax: 314/877-0203 the chairperson for the Department’s Cultural Competence and
Linguistic Plan. Marcia currently resides in Florissant, Missouri
Email: with her husband Gary.
Marcia.Walmsley@health.mo.
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