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MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> November 19, 2025 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> November 19, 2026 <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 November 19, 2025, at the Orange <br /> County Health Department, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC. <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Alison Stuebe— Chair, Tony Whitaker—Vice <br /> Chair, Bruce Baldwin, Brian Crandell, Commissioner Amy Fowler, Davia Nickelson, Shielda <br /> Rodgers, and Rachel Royce. Aparna Jonnal arrived later. <br /> BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Lee Pickett. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Quintana Stewart, Health Director; Dr. Erica Pettigrew, Medical Director; <br /> Dana Crews, Community Health Services Director; Dr. Stephanie George, Dental Services <br /> Director; Victoria Hudson, Environmental Health Director; Frederick Perschau, Financial and <br /> Administrative Services Director; Libbie Hough, Communications Manager; Thomas Privott, <br /> Environmental Health Supervisor; Cortney Ragan, Personal Health Clinic Supervisor; and Jean <br /> Phillips-Weiner, BOH Strategic Plan Manager. <br /> GUESTSNISITORS PRESENT: Linda Killian. <br /> I. Welcome New Employees <br /> Quintana Stewart, Health Director, introduced the new employee in attendance: Cortney Ragan <br /> — Personal Health Clinic Supervisor. <br /> II. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda: <br /> Linda Killian, retired licensed clinical social worker, shared a comment about an upcoming <br /> community forum seeking to explore the impact of federal funding legislation on community <br /> health and healthcare access. The forum will be held on Wednesday, January 28th, 2026, at the <br /> Whitted Human Services Center. She requested that the Board help share information and <br /> promote awareness of the upcoming forum. <br /> III. Board Comments: <br /> Dr. Davia Nickelson <br /> Dr. Nickelson said that school cell phone bans are becoming part of a national <br /> conversation, sharing that they were the focus of a recent episode of the sitcom Abbott <br /> Elementary. <br /> Dr. Brian Crandell <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agendas &Abstracts\2025 Agenda and Abstracts\ <br /> November Page 1 <br />