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NCAEHA Board Elections 2022
President, VP of Programs & Professional Advancement and VP of Membership
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I would like to vote for the following candidate for the position of President, for a term of 2 years starting in February, 2023 and ending in January, 2025:
Nicole Gragasin is an Environmental Health Specialist II for the Fairfax County Health Department. Originally from California, Nicole graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Health Sciences with an option in Community Health from the California State University, Long Beach. Nicole began her career in 2013 as an Environmental Health Technician for the OS&W section conducting recreational water facility inspections and private well water inspections. She soon advanced on to become an Environmental Health Specialist II where she gained further experience in Food Safety, Tourist, and Child Care inspections for the Consumer Protection Program in addition to Plan Review of commercial food facilities. Nicole has served on multiple notable committees including the Active Managerial Control team, EH IT team, the Health Department’s Customer Service team and has taken part with NACCHO Mentorship Program with the 2015 and 2019 cohorts. Furthermore, she maintains a NEHA credential as an REHS/RS. Nicole has been our VP of Membership and our Director of Communications for the past 4 years. Her hard work and dedication has proven to be most valuable as she has changed the way the organization handles not only the Membership Database, but also online payments, renewals and event registrations with the design and creation of the newly launched NCAEHA website and Membership Platform. She has been the sole manager of weekly/monthly email communication between NCAEHA and members by providing email updates and updating the website. She has been a member of the NCAEHA since 2015
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I would like to vote for the following candidate for VP of Membership, for a term of 2 years starting February, 2023 and ending in January, 2025:
Vacant
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I would like to vote for the following candidate for the position of VP of Programs & Professional Advancement, for a term of 2 years starting in February, 2023 and ending in January, 2025:
Amanda graduated from The State University of New York College at Oneonta in 2014 with a BS in Human Biology. She earned her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology from George Mason University in 2017. Amanda started her career in environmental health working as an Environmental Technician in the Disease Carrying Insects Program (DCIP) at the Fairfax County Health Department. Amanda then interned at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and worked on a wide variety of projects, including but not limited to, pesticides, asbestos, air quality, and drinking water. After her internship, Amanda was hired as an Environmental Technician with the Onsite Sewage and Water Program at the Fairfax County Health Department. She then moved on to food inspections by working as an Environmental Health Specialist in the Food Protection Program for the Prince George's County Health Department. Amanda currently works as an Environmental Health Specialist in the Food Protection Program for the Alexandria Health Department. She has worked in many different areas of environmental health and recently earned her REHS. Amanda currently resides in Alexandria, VA and enjoys cooking and spending time with her corgi, Finn.
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I would like to vote for the following candidate to be appointed by the Board of Directors to serve as the Director of Communications to start their duties February 1, 2023.
Vacant
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