User:Ahsoka Dillard/WiR redlist of public health officials

State and local health officials are at the center of the Covid-19 response and management. They have been targeted, harassed, and threatened. Of these officials, more than 60% are women.

This list was compiled from news articles as well as the Directory from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.


 * Lori Tremmel Freeman (CEO of National Association of County and City Health Officials)
 * Theresa Anselmo (Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials)
 * Kat DeBurgh (ED, Health Officers Association of California) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/coronavirus-health-officials.html
 * Anne Zink (AK) *link to History Professor*
 * Cara M. Christ (AZ)
 * Sandra Shewry (CA)
 * Erica Pan (CA)
 * Barbara Ferrer (CA, Los Angeles County) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/us/coronavirus-health-officials.html
 * Jill Ryan (CO)
 * Emily Brown (CO, former director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department) https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/876714176/public-health-workers-face-threats-unemployment-while-fighting-virus
 * Deidre Gifford (CT)
 * Karyl Rattay (DE)
 * LaQuandra S. Nesbitt (DC)
 * Alina Alonso (FL, Palm Beach County’s Health Department)
 * Yesenia Diaz Villalta (FL, Miami-Dade County Health Department)
 * Kathleen Toomey (GA)
 * Libby Char (HI)
 * Elke Shaw-Tulloch (ID)
 * Ngozi Ezike (IL) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/illinois-coronavirus-health-director.html
 * Allison Arwady (IL, Chicago)
 * Kristina M. Box (IN)
 * Kelly Garcia (IA)
 * Jennifer Avegno (LA, New Orleans) https://www.wwno.org/post/frontline-dr-jennifer-avegno
 * Sheila Hogan (MT)
 * Dannette Smith (NE)
 * Lisa Sherych (NV)
 * Kathy Kunkel (NM)
 * Lillian Shirley (OR)
 * Kim Malsam-Rysdon (SD)
 * Lisa Piercey (TN)
 * Lauri Jones (WA) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/03/868566600/local-public-health-workers-report-hostile-threats-and-fears-about-contact-traci
 * Stephanie Smiley (WI)
 * Alexia Harrist (WY)