Partners

Our Mission  
Our mission is to protect the health and safety of the citizens living in the jurisdictions of the member agencies by supporting and promoting the professional development of individual and organizational members in public health emergency preparedness.

The Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness, an eighteen local public health agency and two tribal health agency consortium,  was established to develop core expertise and preparedness in response to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats.  We do this through networking, coordinating, standardizing, and centralizing our resources and planning efforts among the twenty local public health agency partners in Western Wisconsin. 

2010 Board Officers

• Chairperson
  Jen Rombalski, Health Officer
  Buffalo County Department of Health and Human Services

• Vice-Chairperson
  Sue Galoff, Health Officer
  Pierce County Health Department

• Secretary
  Kayo Nash, Health Officer
  Rusk County Health and Human Services

• Fiscal Agent
  Gretchen Sampson, Health Officer
  Polk County Health Department
  (715)485-8500

2010 Board of Directors

• Kaye Thompson, Health Officer
  Barron County Health and Human Services

• Jennifer Rombalski, Health Officer
  Buffalo County Department of Health and Human Services

• Carol Larson, Health Officer
  Burnett County Department of Health and Human Services

• Jean Durch, Health Officer
  Chippewa County Department of Public Health

• Bob Leischow, Health Officer
  Clark County Health Department

• Deb Clasen, Health Officer
  Douglas County Department of Health and Human Services

• Wendy MacDougall, Health Officer
  Dunn County Health Department

• Richard Thoune, Health Officer
  Eau Claire City-County Health Department

• Carol Rollins, Environmental Health Director
  Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health

• Christine Hovell, Health Officer
  Jackson County Health and Human Services

• Doug Mormann, Health Officer
  LaCrosse County Health Department

• Sharon Nelson, Health Officer
  Monroe County Health Department

• Heidi Stewart, Health Officer

  • Pepin County Health Department Webpage

  • Pepin County Health Department Facebook Page

• Sue Galoff, Health Officer
  Pierce County Health Department

• Gretchen Sampson, Health Officer
  Polk County Health Department

• Kayo Nash, Health Officer
  Rusk County Health and Human Services

• Wendy Kramer, Health Officer
  St. Croix County Department of Health and Human Services

• Jessica Berg, Supervisor
  St. Croix Tribal Health Department

• Cheryl Rhoda, Interim Health Officer
  Trempealeau County Health Department

• Jerri Pederson, Public Health Nurse Supervisor
  Washburn County Health Department

WRPPHP Staff

• Program Director
  Jay Shrader
  (715)485-8803

• Consortium Liaison Specialist
  Brian Kaczmarski
  (715)485-8801

• Consortium Liaison Specialist
  Jennifer Swenson
  (715)485-8517

Wisconsin Division of Public Health - Western Regional Office

Wisconsin Division of Public Health

Western Regional Office Director

Lieske Giese

(715)836-2871

Regional Planning Partners

Wisconsin Hospital Emergency Preparedness Program

• Region 1 Coordinator
  Hilde Perala

• Region 4 Coordinator
  Bob Ritger

Wisconsin Emergency Management

• Northwest Regional Director

  Rhonda Reynolds

  (715)635-8704

• West Central Regional Director

  Lois Ristow

  (715)839-3825

Regional Trauma Advisory Counsel

• Northwest RTAC
  Coordinator: Judy Jones
  (715)225-1175

• West Central RTAC
  Coordinator: Josh Rau
  (715)566-2228

• North Central RTAC
  Chair: Michelle Ziemba
  (715)387-7410

American Red Cross - Wisconsin Chapters

• Chippewa Valley Chapter