Division of Public Health Leadership Team
• Steven L. Blessing, MA
Director
• Tesha Quail, PhD, LPCMH, NCC
Deputy Director
• Rebecca Walker, PhD, JD, MSN
Clinical Deputy Director
• Tracey Johnson, MS
Associate Deputy Director
• Awele Maduka-Ezeh, MD, MPH, PhD, CCHP
State Medical Director
• Christina Farmer
Chief of Staff
• Vicki Schultes
Policy Lead & Technical Advisor
• Helen Arthur, MHA
Chief, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Miranda Bayer
Kent County Health Services Administrator
• Michelle Bruner
Chief of Administration
• Kelly Callahan
Chief, Office of Communications
• Nicholas R. Conte, Jr., DMD, MBA
Dental Director
• Diane Hainsworth, BSN
Chief, Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness
• Greg Hovan
Laboratory Director, Delaware Public Health Laboratory
• Christi Lancellotti
New Castle County Health Services Administrator
• Ernest Lint
Chief, Office of Performance Management
• Christina Motoyoshi
Chief, Office of Animal Welfare
• Kyle Phillips, MSN, FNP-BC
Director of Nursing, Office of Public Health Nursing
• Don Post
Sussex County Health Services Administrator
• Sandi Spiegel
Chief, Health Systems Protection
• Malikah Taylor, DrPH, MSN, RN
Chief, Infectious Disease Prevention & Control
• Leah Woodall, MPA
Chief, Family Health Systems and Management
• VACANT
State Epidemiologist and Chief, Epidemiology, Health, Data, and Informatics
• Vacant
Public Health Resource Officer
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