WHO WE ARE

The Public Health Alumni Association is governed by a board of elected alumni and has five standing committees: Professional Development; Community Service; Public Relations and Social; Policies and Procedures; and Fundraising. To learn more about PHAA activities and opportunities, please see Get Involved.

Board Members of the Public Health Alumni Association

• President: Christina Benjamin, MPH ' 07 (Maternal and Child Health), CHES

  Education: MPH, Maternal and Child Health, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; CHES, National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.; AB, History, Rollins College
  Current Employer: America's Health Insurance Plans, Research Associate, Equity and Clinical Strategies
  Organizational Affiliations: APHA (member); Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (member); Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (volunteer); GW Alumni Association (Board of Directors); Junior League of Washington (volunteer).



• Vice President: Logan Thornton, MPH '03 (Health Promotion/Disease Prevention); Chair, Policies and Procedures Committee

  Education: MPH, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BA, Spanish/Biology, Randolph-Macon Woman's College
  Current Employment: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Health Communications Specialist
  Organizational Affiliations: Randolph-Macon Woman's College Alumnae Association (Board of Directors); APHA (member)



• Secretary: Penney Davis, MPH '06 (Global Health Promotion)

  Education: MPH, Global Health Promotion, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BA, Sociology, University of Arkansas
  Current Employment: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO), Senior Analyst, Public Health Infrastructure and Systems
  Organizational Affiliations: APHA (member); Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC (volunteer); Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force (volunteer)



• Treasurer: Rachel Augustin, MPH '05, (Health Policy)

  Education: MPH, Health Policy, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BA, Psychology, Columbia University
  Current Employment: The Lewin Group, Associate, Federal Human Services Practice
  Organizational Affiliations: Society of Health Policy Young Professionals (member); Greater DC Cares (volunteer)



• Member-at-Large: Ndidi Amutah, MPH '05 (Maternal and Child Health);

  Education: 2nd year PhD student, Maternal and Child Health, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health; MPH, Maternal and Child Health, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BS, Public Health/BA, Africana Studies, Rutgers University
  Current Employment: Intern at the Office on Women's Health,(OWH) Dept.of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  Organizational Affiliations: APHA (member); Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (member); Society for Pediatric Epidemiology Research (member); Society for Public Health Education (member)



• Member-at-Large: Elise Collins, MPH '06 (Health Promotion)

  Education: MPH, Health Promotion, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BS, Exercise Science, Syracuse University
  Current Employment: Project Manager, Cardiology Associates, P.C., Washington, DC
  Organizational Affiliations: Medical Group Management Association; MedAxiom; Cardiology Leadership Alliance; Cardiology Advocacy Alliance; Syracuse University Alumni Association; Whitetail Ski Education Foundation (Coach)



• Member-at-Large: Pellavi Sharma, MPH '06



• Member-at-Large: Becca Simon, MPH '06 (Global Health Policy); Co-chair, Public Relations and Social Committee

  Education: MPH, Global Health Policy, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; BS Ed, University of Georgia
  Current Employment: Constella Futures, Manager of Operations for Public- Private Partnership Projects in Africa, South America, and Asia
  Organizational Affiliations: University of Georgia Alumni Association (member)



• Member-at-Large: Sabrina Tyus, MPH '06



• Immediate Past President: Kamden Hoffman, MA '02 (ESIA), MPH '03 (International Health Promotion)

  Education: MPH, International Health Promotion, GW School of Public Health and Health Services; MA, International Development, Elliot School of International Affairs, GWU; BS, Biology/Environmental Studies, Tufts University
  Current Employment: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington DC, Malaria Technical Advisor, President's Malaria Initiative, Bureau of Global Health, Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition (GH/HIDN)
  Organizational Affiliations: Peace Corps Alumni Foundation for Philippine Development (Friend of the Board, Past Vice President, Public Relations); Tufts Alumni Association (member); GW Alumni Association (Past member on the Board of Directors); Elliott School Alumni Association (member); PHAA Past President



• PHSA Liaison: Julie Noblick, Class of 2009