Association of
North Carolina Boards of Health
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Merle C. Green, MPH, MBA (Executive Director)
Retired Guilford County Health Director 2/2020
mgreen4@triad.rr.com; Merle.Green@alamance-nc.com
Employed since 2020
ANCBH Mailing Address:
Association of North Carolina Boards of Health
c/o Merle Green, MPH, MBA Executive Director
730 Trollinger Road
Graham, NC 27253
OFFICERS
President
Jean Benson Douglas, BS Pharm, PharmD, RPh, FASHP (Guilford)
President of ANCBH
Associate Member, past pharmacist member and Chair of Guilford County BOH and GCHHSAC (i.e., Advisory Committee)
Retired Cone Health Clinical Pharmacy Services Coordinator and Assoc. Prof. High Point University School of Pharmacy
Member since 3/2016
Past President
Benjamin W. Tillett, BS Pharm, PharmD, RPh (Person)
Past President of ANCBH; National President of NALBOH, Member of the NCLHD Accreditation Board
Pharmacist member and past chair of Person County BOH
NCALHD Accreditation Board, member
Past Director of Pharmacy for Person Memorial Hospital
Member since 2011
Secretary
Vacant (June 2023)
Treasurer
Edna R. Hensey, MPH (Wake)
Associate Member, Treasurer and Liaison, NC Citizens for Public Health
Member since 1990s
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Patricia ‘Pam’ Andrews, MA Agency Counseling, BA Psychology
Current Chair, AppHealthCare BOH, (Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties)
Clinical Mental Health Counselor
Principal, Capstone Wellness Center
NCALHD Accreditation Board, member
Member since 10/2023
Kevin Austin, BS Engineering Operations (Yadkin)
Current, Chair of Yadkin County Commissioners, member
NCALHD Accreditation Board, member (representing NCACC)
VP and Manufacturing Manager, Austin Electrical Closures
Member since 10/2023
Eva A. Brown, BS Accounting, MPA (Warren)
Current BOH member, Warren County
Past Secretary of ANCBH and Director Emeritus of ANCBH
Retired in 2016 as CFO (Assistant Health Director), Warren County Health Department
Member since 6/2017
Janet O. Clayton, MPH, REHS (Person)
NCALHD Liaison to ANCBH
Health Director, Person County Health Department
Environmental Health Specialist
Member since 10/2024
James A. “Jim” Davis, Law Enforcement Certification, Criminal Justice/Policing (Hoke)
Chair, Hoke County BOH
Private Investigator, Sandhills Security and Investigations
Past Sheriff, US Justice Department Official, and 9th Congressional Dist. Chair of Hoke County
Member since 5/2023
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Deborah Fortune, PhD, FAAHE (Durham)
Associate Member, Past President, Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE)
Professor of Public Health Education
Member since 8/2021
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Herbert G. Garrison, MD, MPH (Pitt)
Chair, Pitt County Board of Health
Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine
Development Officer, East Carolina University Foundation
Member since 11/2023
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Patrick E. Harris, BS, Fire Science (Johnston)
Retired CEO/ CFO several medical practices, restaurant owner, Retired Director of Emergency Services
County Commissioner, Johnston County, Vice Chairman of the Board
Commissioner Member, Johnston County Board of Health
Commissioner Member, Johnston County Department of Social Services Board of Directors
Member since 11/2023
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Barbara Ann F Hughes, PhD, MPH, RD, LDN (Wake)
NC Local Health Directors liaison and Director Emeritus, ANCBH
Past President of ANCBH and NALBOH
Past Dietician member of Wake County BOH
Member since 1994
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Calvert B. Jeffers, Jr., DVM (Forsyth)
Past President, Nominations and Awards Committee Chair, Director Emeritus, ANCBH
Current Veterinarian member of Forsyth County BOH
NCALHD Accreditation Board, member
Member since 2013
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Karl Timothy Johnson, PhD Public Health, BA
Associate Member, Assistant Professor UNC Gillings School of Public Health
Member since 10/2023
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James Edward Jordan (Eddie), EMT, EMS Instructor, AAS (Surry)
Associate Member, ANCBH
Administrator, EMS Services, Surry County
Carl Durham Awardee, ANCBH, 9/20/2023
Member since 10/2023
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John M. Kessler, BS Pharm, PharmD, RPh (Chatham)
Associate Member, Webmaster of ANCBH
Past Pharmacist member and Chair, Chatham County BOH
Principal and Chief Clinical Officer of SecondStory Health, LLC
Member since 8/2021
Marielena Moreno-Garcia, BSN, RN, CCM, NE-BC (Alamance)
Associate Member, ANCBH
Current nurse member and former Chair of Alamance County BOH
NALBOH Board of Directors and Chair of the State Leaders Group
Member, NCALHD Accreditation Board
UNC Health Population Health Program Manager
Member since 5/2023
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