"The first wealth is health."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "The Conduct of Life" 1860

The Staff and Board of Health

The Staff

  • Martha K. Heflin, B.S.N., M.S., Administrator
  • Darlene Kennedy, R.N., B.S.N., Director of Clinical Services
  • Misty Eckleberry, Tobacco Educator
  • Clark Griffith, B.S., Registered Sanitarian., Director of Environmental Health
  • Niki Conard, Environmental Health Assistant
  • Martha Jon Hodge, R.N., Staff Nurse
  • Kim Skaggs, R.N., B.S.N., Case Manager
  • Sharon Witwer, R.N., L.N.C., I.B.C.L.C., Lead
      Coordinator, W.I.C. Coordinator
  • Kimberly VanScyoc, W.I.C. Clerk
  • Pat Weber, R.N., MCH Coordinator
  • Rosemary Skaggs, Receptionist/Secretary
  • Gail Gwaltney, Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant
  • Glen Ellen Mitchell, Bookkeeping Assistant
  • Andrea Pappas, Health Education Intern* (Eastern
      Illinois University, Department of Health Studies)

*through July 13th, 2001

The Board of Health

  • Sharon Atteberry, Personnel Committee
  • Harry Carter, M.D., Personnel Committee
  • Walter L. Dawkins, D.M.D., Bylaws Committee
  • Kenneth Gray, Chairman, Bylaws Committee, Building and Grounds Committee
  • Jed W. Jones, D.O., Medical Advisor
  • Harold Tubbs, Bylaws Committee, Building and Grounds Committee*
  • James "Sonny" H. Mugrage, Personnel Committee
  • Thomas D. Taylor, Vice-Chairman, Bylaws Committee, Building and Grounds Committee

*denotes that County Board member's term is appointed yearly