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MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> May 22, 2024 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To promote and protect <br /> health, enhance quality of life, and preserve the environment for everyone in Orange County. <br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON May 22, 2024, at the Orange County <br /> Health Department, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC. <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Aparna Jonnal — Chair, Alison Stuebe—Vice <br /> Chair, Keith Bagby, Brian Crandell, Commissioner Amy Fowler, Davia Nickelson, Lee Pickett, <br /> Shielda Rodgers, Rachel Royce, and Tony Whitaker. <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Bruce Baldwin. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Quintana Stewart, Health Director; Erica Pettigrew, Medical Director; Dana <br /> Crews, Community Health Services Director; Victoria Hudson, Environmental Health Director; <br /> Carla Julian, Public Health Nursing Director; Ashley Rawlinson, Compliance Manager; Thomas <br /> Privott, Environmental Health Supervisor; Libbie Hough, Communications Manager; McKayla <br /> Creed, Healthy Carolinians Coordinator; Kimberly Jones, Social Worker I; La Toya Strange, <br /> Administrative Support I; and Jean Phillips-Weiner, BOH Strategic Plan Manager. <br /> GUESTSIVISITORS PRESENT: Heather Pack, Celsi Simon, and Gayane Chambless. <br /> I. Welcome New Employees <br /> Quintana Stewart, Health Director, introduced the new employee in attendance: Kimberly Jones <br /> — Social Worker I for Family Home Visiting. <br /> II. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda: <br /> Jean Phillips-Weiner, Board of Health Strategic Plan Manager, invited board members to the <br /> upcoming Our State, Our Wellbeing Statewide Suicide Prevention Forum at UNC on Thursday <br /> June 13, 2024. She explained that 15 coalitions across 24 North Carolina counties (including <br /> Orange) have been gathering for the past year to plan initiatives to prevent suicide in their <br /> communities and that the forum is an opportunity to share their work with the public. <br /> Registration is $90 per person. <br /> Dr. Erica Pettigrew, Medical Director, re-introduced herself to the board since it has been a <br /> while since she has attended a Board of Health meeting. <br /> III. Board Comments <br /> Dr. Davia Nickelson <br /> Dr. Nickelson shared that there will be a free dental clinic and health fair at Pine Grove <br /> Missionary Baptist Church on June 151". The event will include free cleanings, fillings, <br /> extractions, blood glucose checks, cholesterol checks, and more. In response to Dr. Royce's <br /> question, Dr. Nickelson confirmed that there will be Spanish-speaking providers at the event. <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agendas &Abstracts\2024 Agenda and Abstracts/ <br /> May Page 1 <br />