Leadership 2024-2026
Officers – Executive Committee
Jason Cummins, MPH
NTCA President
Director
TB Elimination Program
Tennessee Department of Health
Transitions to NTCA Immediate Past President in June 2026
Joseph Burzynski, MD, MPH
NTCA Immediate Past President
Assistant Commissioner / Director
Bureau of TB Control
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Term ends in June 2026
Chima Mbakwem, MSHS
NTCA President-elect
TB Control Program Manager
TB and Hansen’s Disease Control Program
Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services
Transitions to NTCA President in June 2026
Quentin Mazzaferro, MS
NTCA Treasurer
TB Control Program Manager
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Services
Arizona Department of Health Services
Term ends in June 2027
Amy Painter, RN
NTCA Secretary
TB Controller / TB Division Manager
Division of TB Control
South Carolina Department of Public Health
Term ends in June 2026
Board Members
Kim Gladfelter
NTCA High Incidence Representative
Public Health Program Manager
Division of TB/STD
Bureau of Communicable Disease
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Term ends in June 2026
Daniela Ingram, DNP, RN
NTCA High Incidence Representative
TB Program Supervisor
North Carolina TB Control Program
Department of Health and Human Services
Term ends in June 2027
Kelly White, MPH, CPH
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
Division Director
Tuberculosis/Refugee Health
Indiana Department of Health
Term ends in June 2026
Alison Stratton, PHD
NTCA Medium Incidence Representative
TB Control Program Manager
TB Control Program
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Term ends in June 2027
Kristin Bertrang, MSN, RN
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
DHHS Program Specialist RN
TB Program
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Term ends in June 2026
Claire Leback, MPH, BSN, RN
NTCA Low Incidence Representative
Supervisor
TB and Refugee Health Program
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Term ends in June 2027
Cherie Stafford, MSN, MPH, RN
President, National TB Nurse Coalition
TB Nurse Coordinator
TB Program
Arizona Department of Health Services
Term ends in June 2026
Sonal Munsiff, MD
President, National Society of TB Clinicians
Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Disease Division
University of Rochester
Term ends in June 2026
Katie Stinebaugh, MGIS
President, Society for Epidemiology in TB Control
TB Epidemiologist
TB Prevention and Control Program
Minnesota Department of Health
Term ends in June 2026
Donna Hope Wegener, MA
NTCA Executive Director
NTCA Board Constituent Relations
To facilitate communication between CDC-funded TB programs and the NTCA Board, each of the six incidence-level representatives on the NTCA Board works as a communications liaison to an assigned group of state, big city, and/or territorial TB programs.
Assignments are listed at
NTCA Board Constituent Relations Assignments – 2024-2026.
For questions about a constituency
assignment, please contact NTCA
at info@nationaltbcoalition.org.