Public Health Funding & Policy Committee – Members
Sharon K. Melville, MD, MPH
Regional Medical Director, Public Health Region 7, Temple
Department of State Health Services
Phone: 254-778-6744
Email: Sharon.Melville@dshs.state.tx.us
Term Expires February 1, 2023
Sharon Whitley
Director of the Hardin County Health Department
Phone: 409-209-5358
Email: Sharon.Whitley@Co.Hardin.TX.US
Term Expires: February 1, 2027
Julie St. John, DrPH
Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Chair, Julia Jones Matthews Department of Public Health
Abilene Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Phone: 325-696-0473
Email: julie.st-john@ttuhsc.edu
Term Expires: February 1, 2025
Jennifer Griffith, DrPH, MPH
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
Public Health Professor
Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health
Phone: 979-436-9426
email: jgriffith@tamhsc.edu
Term Expires: February 1, 2027
Lisa Dick, RDN, LD
Health Administrator, Brownwood - Brown County Health Department
Phone: 325-646-0554
Email: Lisad@BrownwoodTexas.gov
Term Expires February 1, 2027
Todd Bell, MD
Health Authority, City of Amarillo Health Department
Phone: 806-414-9800
Email: todd.bell@ttuhsc.edu
Term Expires February 1, 2023
Stephen Williams, MEd, MPA
Director of the Houston Public Health
Phone: 832-393-5001
Email: stephen.williams@houstontx.gov
Term Expires: February 1, 2025
Philip Huang, MD, MPH
Director, Dallas County Health and Human Services
phone: 214-819-2000
email: philip.huang@dallascounty.org
Term Expires: February 1, 2023
Emilie Prot, DO, MPH
Regional Medical Director, Public Health Region 11, Harlingen
Department of State Health Services
Phone: 956-423-0130
Email: Emilie.Prot@dshs.texas.gov
Term Expires: February 1, 2025