CHAIR - Donna Mannello, DC. is a professor at Logan College of Chiropractic/University Programs where she teaches Physical Diagnosis, Clinical Reasoning and Case Management courses.  She received her B.S. in Health and Physical Science from Westfield State College and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Logan in April 1987. She has served as co-director of the Research and Ergonomic Center at Logan, which focused on the prevention and treatment of cumulative trauma disorders, and  has published numerous articles.  She has been in practice in Webster Groves, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, for more than 22 years.  Dr. Mannello was a recipient of the Emerson Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2001.  Since 1991, she has been a consultant for the Chiropractic Licensing body, the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.  In November 2002 Dr. Mannello was appointed to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Board and served through August 2009.  She has been a member of the Missouri Institute for Community Health Advisory Council (MICH), including the MICH Accreditation Council; the Council for Adolescent School Health (CASH) and the Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Council.

Belinda Heimericks

Harold Bengsch

Steve Fine has had over 25 years of experience in the field of public health. He has held positions of leadership as a Division Director of Public Health and Ancillary Services, Assistant Director, Division of Personal Health Care, Director, St. Louis County Emergency Medical Services, Director, St. Charles County Ambulance District, and has been very involved in directing the development of a disaster plan for a large local public health agency. Steve’s many community activities include the St. Louis Child Immunization Coalition, St. Charles County Healthy Communities 2000, Muri Department of Health Council for Adolescent Health, Missouri Patient Care Review Foundation, Christian Hospital Northeast/Northwest EMS Advisory Council Committee, St. Louis Medical Society Bi-Ste EMS Operations Plan Committee, YWCA Health Start Health Advisory Committee, East Central Missouri Area Health Education Center Board Member. Steve’s professional associations include being a member of the Missouri Public Health Association, the Missouri Institute for Community Health, and the St. Louis Refugee and Immigrant Community Coalition for Health.

Steve has a Master of Science in Public Health and Hospital Administration and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and Psychology.

Mahree Skala

Mahree has worked in public health for 27 years. She started as an immunization field representative with the agency now called the Department of Health and Senior Services. She went on to serve as the Bureau Chief for Communicable Disease Control, Deputy Director of the Division of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, and Director of the Center for Local Public Health Services. She has coordinated training for the state and local public health workforce in epidemiology and other subjects, and developed two computer-based epidemiology courses. Serving as an adjunct faculty member, she has taught graduate courses at St. Louis University, the University of Missouri-Columbia and A.T. Still University.

In 2004, Mahree retired from state government and became the Executive Director of the Missouri Association of Local Public Health Agencies. She also continues to teach and serves as a consultant for various state, local and community agencies. She is a member of the Missouri Public Health Association, Missouri Institute of Community Health Accreditation Council, Tobacco Free Missouri, and the Missouri Cancer Consortium.

Mahree has a B.A. degree in Cultural Anthropology and an M.A. in Psychology, both from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Jim Berry

Jim Berry serves as Director of the Taney County Health Department. Prior to a career in public heath, Jim devoted 30 years, working in several states, to a career in hospital management. He has been involved in many professional organizations throughout his career including, a member of the Director’s Advisory Council/Department of Health and Senior Services, a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Hospital Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Hospital Association. Along with his role as director of the Taney County Health Department, Jim is also serving his fifth term as Mayor of the City of Forsyth, Missouri.

Marty Galutia

Marty has had over 20 years experience working in public health at the Kansas City Missouri Health Department. She has worked in a variety of functions for the Department as a health educator, Administrative Officer and now as an Assistant to the Director. In her various roles she has had an opportunity to work on department wide initiatives dealing with contracts, policies and procedures, strategic planning, score cared development and on a variety of quality improvement projects. She initiated and organized the accreditation process for the department. Most recently, Marty has been serving as the Grantee for the City’s HIV Services Program and has been the Program Manager for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention program. Marty has been actively involved with the Missouri Institute for Community Health, serving on the Board and Accreditation Council for the past 5 years. Currently, Marty overseas all the quality improvement efforts for MICH and has developed an active social marketing program for the Accreditation Program.

Marty is a member of the American Society for Quality and has been involved with the Missouri Quality Award Program as a MQA Examiner. Marty has a Master of Science in Quality Sciences, a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Sociology and has completed the Missouri Public Health Leadership Program.