Agency Administrators - Mississippi State Department of Health

Nelson Atehortua De la Pena, MD, PhD, MPH

Director, Office of Health Data and Research

Christy Barnett, MD

Southern Regional Health Officer

Christy Berry, RN

Director, Office of Emergency Planning and Response

Chad Bridges

Southern Regional Administrator

David Caulfield

Central Regional Administrator

Jonathan Chaney, MBA

Northern Regional Administrator

Tim Darnell

Director, MSDH Field Services

Sharon Dowdy

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

Daniel Edney, MD, FACP, FASAM

State Health Officer

Donald C. Faucett, MD

Health Officer, Central Public Health Region

Angela F. Filzen, DDS

Director, Office of Oral Health

Donald Franklin, MS

Director, Tuberculosis Control

Jennifer Fulcher, LSW, MS

Director, Communicable Diseases

Breanne Hancock, CPA, CIA

Director of Policy Evaluation and Government Relations

Lester Herrington, P.E., BCEE, CPM

Director, Office of Environmental Health

Kendra Johnson, MPH

Director, STD/HIV Office

Nikki Johnson, Dr.PH, MPH

Director, Office of Health Equity

Kris Adcock, MSW, CPM

Assistant Senior Deputy

Theresa Kittle, MPH

Director, Office of Epidemiology

Melissa Parker, CPM

Director, Office of Health Protection

Meg Pearson, Pharm. D.

Director, State Public Health Pharmacy

Beryl Polk, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Health Services

Kimberly Reese

Director, Human Resources

Katherine Richardson

Director, Office of Performance Improvement

Victor D. Sutton, Ph.D., MPPA

Chief of Community Health and Clinical Services

Kathryn Taylor, MD

Interim State Epidemiologist

Crystal L. Tate, MD

Northern Regional Health Officer

Justin Turner, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Daphne Ware, Ph.D.

Director, Public Health Laboratory

Alisa H. Williams

Director, COVID-19 Response

Amy Winter, MPH, CPM

Director, Office of Tobacco Control

Dorthy K. Young, PhD, MHSA

Chief Health Data, Operations and Research Officer