NTCA Officers and
Board of Directors 2024-2026

Officers – Executive Committee

Jason Cummins, MPH
NTCA President
Director
TB Elimination Program
Tennessee Department of Health
Transitions to NTCA Immediate Past President in June 2026

Joseph Burzynski, MD, MPH
NTCA Immediate Past President
Assistant Commissioner / Director
Bureau of TB Control
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Term ends in June 2026

Chima Mbakwem, MSHS
NTCA President-elect
TB Control Program Manager
TB and Hansen’s Disease Control Program
Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services
Transitions to NTCA President in June 2026

Quentin Mazafferro, MPH
NTCA Treasurer
TB Control Program Manager
Bureau of Infectious Disease & Services
Arizona Department of Health Services
Term ends in June 2027

Amy Painter, RN
NTCA Secretary
TB Controller / TB Division Manager
Division of TB Control
South Carolina Department of Public Health
Term ends in June 2026

Board Members

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 2026

Daniela Ingram, RN, BSN
NTCA High Incidence Representative
TB Program Supervisor
North Carolina TB Control Program
Department of Health & Human Services
Term ends in June 2027

Kelly White, MPH, CPH
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
Division Director
Tuberculosis/Refugee Health
Indiana Department of Health
Term ends in June 2026

Alison Stratton, PHD
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
Tuberculosis Control Program Manager
Tuberculosis Control Program
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Term ends in June 2027

Kristen Bertrang, RN, MSN
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
DHHS Program Specialist RN
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Service
Term Term ends in June 2026

Lauren Swensson, MPH, BHS
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
Director Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention
TB Controller
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Term ends in June 2027

Cherie Stafford, MSN, MPH, RN
President, National TB Nurse Coalition
TB Nurse Coordinator
TB Program
Arizona Department of Health Services
Term ends in June 2026

Sonal Munsiff, MD
President, National Society of TB Clinicians
Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Disease Division, University of Rochester
Term ends in June 2026

Katie Stinebaugh, MGIS
President, Society for Epidemiology in TB Control
TB Epidemiologist
TB Prevention and Control Program
Minnesota Department of Health
Term ends in June 2026