The Northeastern North Carolina Partnership for Public Health (NENCPPH) is a partnership of health departments in Northeastern NC and representatives from the North Carolina Division of Public Health, East Carolina University, and the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at the University of North Carolina who which have come together to collectively address the community’s health by sharing best practices and maximizing resources. The Partnership is guided by a governing board. 


Currently the NENCPPH represents ten health departments and 19 counties in Northeastern North Carolina.

Click above to view information about our partner health departments.

Members of the NENCPPH Board of Directors, Spring 2023

Governing Board

Luana Gibbs, RN, BIS

Health Director; Board Chair
Hyde County Health Department


Michelle Etheridge, MAEd

Health Director, Board Vice Chair
Edgecombe County Health Department


Megan Vick, MPA, BSHEd

Health Director, Board Secretary and Treasurer
Northampton County Health Department


Betty Reese

Interim Health Director
Halifax County Public Health System


Sheila Davies, PhD

Director
Dare County Department of Health and Human Services


Melanie Campen, RHES, MS

Health Director
Pamlico County Health Department

Vickey Manning

Interim Health Director
Martin-Tyrrell-Washington District Health Department


JaNell Octigan, MPH

Health Director
Beaufort County Health Department


N. Ruth Little, Ed.D, MPH

Vice Chair and Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University


Stacie Turpin Saunders, MPH

Deputy Director
Division of Public Health, NC Department of Health and Human Services


Ashley Stoop, MPH

Health Director
Albemarle Regional Health Services


John Wesley Gray (Wes), MPA, MPH

Health Director
Pitt County Health Department


Amy Joy Lanou, PhD

Director
NC Institute for Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill

Program Staff

Julie Tunney, MPH

Coordinator
NENCPPH

Kellen Long

Special Projects Coordinator
NENCPPH

Valerie Smirlock

Regional Grant-Writer/Overdose Prevention Liaison
NENCPPH