Linnea Fletcher received a bachelor’s degree in public health from BYU-Idaho and a Master of Public Health and Master of Public Administration from the University of Utah. She has worked in emergency preparedness and disaster recovery, environmental health, and health promotion including tobacco prevention, injury prevention and control and quality improvement. Currently, Linnea works for the Utah Department of of Health Promotion as the EPICC Program Manager. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist and is excited to be the President Elect for USOPHE.

Alysia is the Healthy Living Program Coordinator for the Salt Lake County Health Department. She received her Bachelor’s in Public Health from BYU and her Master’s in Health Education and Promotion for the University of Utah. Alysia has a passion for improving the way public health can collaborate together and with other sectors to improve the health in our communities.

Abraham is currently the Executive Director for Centro Hispano a non-profit organization focused on the immigrant and low-income population. Abraham earned a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Utah Valley University. He has experience in education and health promotion.

Hannah received her bachelor’s degree in Health Promotion and Education from the University of Utah. She currently works as a Certified Health Education Specialist at the Salt Lake County Health Department with the Parents As Teachers program.

Carrie earned a Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education from UVU in 2007. She has 13 years of experience at the Utah County Health Department. In 2017, she completed her MPA from BYU. Carrie enjoys hiking and mountain biking with her 3 teenage sons.

Mackenzie works for the Salt Lake County Health Department as an STD Health Investigator. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Health Promotion and Education from the University of Utah and an MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Abbey Summers, CHES has been working professionally and passionately in the Public Health field for five years. Currently she is the Director of Prevention and Education at South Valley Services, a domestic violence shelter and community resource organization.

Carrie earned a Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education from UVU in 2007. She has 13 years of experience at the Utah County Health Department. In 2017, she completed her MPA from BYU. Carrie enjoys hiking and mountain biking with her 3 teenage sons.

Kerri earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public and Community Health from Utah Valley University. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Kerri is currently working as the Program Manager for UVU Wellness Programs.

Kristi Strongo, CHES, graduated from UVU Public and Community Health in 2014. She is currently working as the training coordinator in the Utah SNAP-Ed (Food Sense) management team. In her current role, Kristi works to train local educators and supervisors and ensure program fidelity statewide. As a Health Educator at the Utah County Health Department, she was instrumental in updating wellness policies in Utah County as well as providing toolkits to these districts to help with implementation. She is passionate about all aspects of public health and actively looks for opportunities to help the field grow. She has served as a mentor in UVU Policy and Advocacy class and has been a guest speaker multiple times in professional development classes at UVU. Kristi received the USOPHE 2015 Rookie of the Year Award for her work in the Utah County as a Nutrition Education Assistant. She had the opportunity to coordinate the first USOPHE case study competition at the 2017 USOPHE Annual Conference. She has been a member of USOPHE since 2012.

Madi is a student-athlete at Utah State University. She graduated in Health Education and Promotion and is a Certified Health Education Specialist. She is working on her Master of Public Health degree while playing volleyball for Utah State.