Public Health Funding and Policy Committee
Public Health Funding and Policy Committee defines core public health services a local health entity should provide in a county or municipality; evaluates public health in the state and identifies initiatives for areas that need improvement; identifies funding sources available to local health entities; and establishes public health policy priorities. Members include:
Sharon K. Melville, MD, MPH
Regional Medical Director, Public Health Region 7, Temple
Department of State Health Services
Phone: 254/778-6744
Email: Sharon.Melville@dshs.state.tx.us
Term expires February 1, 2023Lou Kreidler, RN, BSN
Director of the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District
Phone: 940/761-7800
Email: lou.kreidler@wichitafallstx.gov
Term Expires: February 1, 2027Julie St. John, DrPH
Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Chair, Julia Jones Matthews Department of Public Health
Abilene Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Phone: 325/6