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State Board of Health Staff
 Craig McLaughlin,
M.J., joined the staff as Senior Health Policy Manager in
January 2001. He began serving as acting director in March 2004 and was
appointed permanently in November 2004. He is co-author of Health
Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Jones and Bartlett,
2007). Before joining the Board, he served as Director of College Relations
for The Evergreen State College, where he oversaw media relations, community
relations, internal relations, publications, and Web development. He was the
primary media spokesperson for the college and part of the senior management
team. As a newspaper editor and freelance journalist for more than a
decade, Mr. McLaughlin wrote and edited
articles on a broad range of health issues. He has
served as a communications consultant to foundations and a management consultant to
media organizations. Mr.
McLaughlin earned his Bachelor of Arts in biology from Wesleyan
University and his Masters in Journalism from the University of
California at Berkeley. He also completed all coursework toward a Master of
Public Administration with a health concentration at the University of New
Mexico.
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 Desiree Day
Robinson joined the Board in June 2000 and was promoted to
Executive Assistant in June 2001. Her responsibilities
include public relations, office management, meeting planning, and managing
the budget. Ms.
Robinson attended
Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas.
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 Heather
Boe has been with the Board intermittently and in multiple capacities
since June 1999. She was promoted to Communications Consultant in April 2006.
Her responsibilities include public relations, managing the Web site,
publications and graphic design, and editing and writing.
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PO Box 47990
Olympia, Washington 98504-7990 |
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360-236-4104 |
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360-236-4088 |
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Heather.Boe@doh.wa.gov |
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Jill Ferris joined the Board in April of 2008.
 Christy Curwick
Hoff, MPH,
joined the Board in October 2006 as a health policy analyst to support
the Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities. Christy
received her Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences from the
University of California at Irvine and her Master of Public Health
degree in environmental and occupational health from Loma Linda
University. Christy gained experience working at the national level
while serving in the Public Health Prevention Service at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Before joining the Board, she worked as
an occupational safety and health researcher for the Department of Labor
and Industries.
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 Tamara Fulwyler, MPH, joined the
Board in February 2008 as a community outreach coordinator for the
Governor's Interagency Council on Health Disparities. Tamara has worked
for more than two decades on health and safety initiatives in rural
communities in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. Her focus has been identifying and improving
community-based wellness resources for women and girls. She received her
Masters in Public Health degree from Walden University. Most recently,
Tamara, an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Tribe, worked with Native
American Tribes in southwest Washington State to develop health and
human services resources for tribal communities. Tamara looks forward to
supporting the outreach efforts of the Governor’s Council on Health
Disparities as they work with diverse community groups to promote
optimal health and safety for all people.
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 Wendy Janis, J.D., joined the Board in January 2007
as a health policy analyst. Ms. Janis has a bachelor of arts from Sarah
Lawrence College, and she graduated magna cum laude from Seattle
University School of Law in May 2006. She is a member of the Washington
State Bar Association. While in law school, she was an associate editor
of the Seattle University Law Review, and she served as a judicial
extern to the Honorable Thomas S. Zilly. In addition, she was as a
legal intern with Northwest Health Law Advocates where she worked in a
variety of policy areas, including Medicaid, Medicare, and certificate
of need laws. Before attending law school, Ms. Janis spent five years
as a research analyst with Washington’s Department of Social Health
Services. Her work with DSHS/Children’s Administration
concentrated on improving Washington’s foster care system. Ms.
Janis’s focus area with the Board is on reducing health disparities.
 Ned
Therien, RS, joined the Board in March 2005. He has over 31 years of experience in regulatory environmental health programs at
the state level. Ned’s career in public health began in the public
health laboratory. It has included work in various environmental health
areas, such as food safety, shellfish sanitation, hazardous waste,
institutional sanitation, and drinking water. He recently completed a
major revision of the Board’s food service rules with the Department of
Health’s Office of Food Safety and Shellfish Programs. Ned’s special
focus areas for the Board include environmental health and institutional
health and safety. Ned received his Bachelor of Science degree in
microbiology at the University of Washington. He has a Masters of
Science in microbiology from the University of Nebraska and a Masters
of Public Health in environmental health from the University of
California, Berkeley. He is a Registered Sanitarian.
 Tara
Wolff, MPH, joined the Board in October 2003 as a health
policy advisor. She has over
15 years of experience providing management and consultation services to
public health programs. She
has worked at all levels (local, state, national, and international) in
three countries (United States, UK, and Switzerland). Ms. Wolff has held positions in
a variety of organizations including the University of Washington, World
Health Organization, Public Health--Seattle & King County,
United Kingdom Health Education Authority, Washington State Department
of Health, and Department of Social and Health Services. She has had the opportunity to work on a broad range of public
health programs including: school based clinics, smoking prevention
programs for young people, Sun Know How (a skin cancer prevention
campaign), Quitting is Winning (a multi-media campaign aimed at adults),
Breast and Cervical Screening, Immunization campaigns, Helping People
Change (health promotion training programs for GPs), and Healthy Schools. Ms Wolff’s special focus areas include: health promotion in
primary care, child health, team building, and evaluation/research. Before joining the
Board, her most recent consulting
assignment involved the design of questionnaires, data collection and
analysis, and creation of an on line query system for Washington State’s
local health jurisdictions and Department of Health. Ms. Wolff has a
Master of Public Health degree from the University of
Washington. She is the Board’s liaison for child health programs.
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360-236-4101 |
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360-236-4088 |
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Tara.Wolff@doh.wa.gov |
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