NTCA Officers and
Board of Directors 2023-2024
Officers – Executive Committee
Joseph Burzynski, MD, MPH
NTCA President
Assistant Commissioner / Director
Bureau of TB Control
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Transitions to NTCA Immediate Past President in June 2024
Jason Cummins, MPH
NTCA President-Elect
Director
TB Elimination Program
Tennessee Department of Health
Transitions to NTCA President in June 2024
Heidi Behm, RN, MPH
Immediate Past President
TB Controller / Nurse Consultant
TB Control Program
Oregon Public Health Division
Term ends in June 2024
Sandra Morris, MPH
NTCA Treasurer
TB Controller / Program Manager
TB and Hansen’s Disease Branch
Texas Department of State Health Services
Term ends in June 2024
Amy Painter, RN
NTCA Secretary
TB Controller / TB Division Manager
Division of TB Control
South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
Term ends in June 2025
Board Members
Jason Stout, MD, MPH
NTCA High Incidence Representative
TB Controller/Medical Director
North Carolina TB Control Program
Department of Health & Human Services
Term ends in June 2024
Kim Gladfelter
NTCA High Incidence Representative
Public Health Program Manager
Division of TB/STD
Bureau of Communicable Disease
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Term ends in June 2025
Chima Mbakwem, MSHS
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
TB Control Program Manager
TB and Hansen’s Disease Control Program
Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services
Term ends in June 2024
Kelly White, MPH, CPH
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
Division Director
Tuberculosis/Refugee Health
Indiana Department of Health
Term ends in June 2025
Ryan Weight, MPH, CPH
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
TP Program Manager
Tuberculosis Control Program
Montana Department of Public Health
Term ends in June 2024
Donald Franklin
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
TB Control Program Manager
Office of TB and Refugee Health
Mississippi State Department of Health
Term Term ends in June 2025
Elizabeth Foy, RN
President, National TB Nurse Coalition
Nurse Administrator
TB and Hansen’s Disease Unit
Texas Department of State Health Services
Term ends in June 2024
Maunank Shah, MD, MPH
President, National Society of TB Clinicians
TB Medical Director
Baltimore City Health Department
Term ends in June 2024
Kiley Ariail, MPH
President, Society for Epidemiology in TB Control
TB Epidemiologist
TB Control Program
Oregon Public Health Division
Term ends in June 2024