Environmental Health Liaison Group

State/Local Environmental Health Liaison Group

The State/Local Environmental Health Liaison Group was established on December 6, 1978, to facilitate communication between Local Health Departments and the Office of Environmental Health Services. The group meets quarterly to discuss matters that impact on the operation of local health department environmental health programs.

If you have any questions or concerns that need addressed, please contact your district representative so that your issues can be included on the agenda for the next meeting.

Minutes from the meetings will be posted on this site, see below for a listing of available minutes.

Upcoming Meeting:

August 23, 2013 - 10:30 am - DHHR COOP Location, Flatwoods, WV

District / Organization:	Representative:

Beckley	J.J. Rose, Sanitarian. - McDowell County Health Department
Fairmont	Steve Hinerman, R.S. - Harrison Clarksburg Health Department
Kearneysville	Denny Taketa, R.S. - Mineral County Health Department
St. Albans	James Casdorph, R.S. - Lincoln County Health Department
Wheeling	Lock Johnson, R.S. - Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department

Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department	Tim Miller, R.S.

WV DHHR - Office of Environmental Health Services	Vacant - Director
	Donnie Haynes - Readiness Coordinator
- Environmental Engineering Division	Walt Ivey, P.E. - Director
	J.D. Douglas, P.E. - District Office Manager
- Public Health Sanitation Division	Brad Cochran, R.S. - Director
	Judy Vallandingham, R.S. - Assistant Director
	Vacant - District Sanitarian
- Radiation, Toxics, & Indoor Air Division	Donald Thimsen, M.D., M.P.H., Epidemiologist

WV DHHR - Office of Laboratory Services
- Environmental Chemistry	Greg Young, Chief Certification Officer-Chemistry
- Environmental Microbiology	Tom Ong, Microbiologist Supervisor


Division of Local Health	Amy Atkins, Director

Nursing Liaison Committee Representative	Vacant

West Virginia Association of Sanitarians	Judy Ashcraft, R.S. - President

West Virginia Association of Local Health Departments	Chad Bundy, Harrison-Clarksburg Health Dept., Administrator - President

Marshall University - Safety & Health	Tracy Smith

West Virginia University - Environmental Health & Safety	Mike Trantham, R.S.