About CALPHOCALPHO is the professional association representing Colorado's Local Public Health Agencies.
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Our Core Values
Trust: Being honest, upfront, and transparent in our interactions with each other, our partners, and external audiences.
Collaboration: Deliberately seeking collaborative relationships and mutually beneficial solutions.
Local Voice: Recognizing and elevating locally driven perspectives and interests.
Unity: Building a unified, collaborative, and inclusive public health system.
Data: Leveraging quantitative and qualitative data to identify areas for optimization, experimentation, and innovation.
Adaptability: Being flexible, nimble, and resilient in the face of emerging public health challenges.
Equity: Advancing public health’s role in promoting equity, fairness, and justice within communities and public health practice.
Modernization: Advocating for cutting-edge improvements in public health practice and strategy.
Collaboration: Deliberately seeking collaborative relationships and mutually beneficial solutions.
Local Voice: Recognizing and elevating locally driven perspectives and interests.
Unity: Building a unified, collaborative, and inclusive public health system.
Data: Leveraging quantitative and qualitative data to identify areas for optimization, experimentation, and innovation.
Adaptability: Being flexible, nimble, and resilient in the face of emerging public health challenges.
Equity: Advancing public health’s role in promoting equity, fairness, and justice within communities and public health practice.
Modernization: Advocating for cutting-edge improvements in public health practice and strategy.
CALPHO's Bylaws
CALPHO 2024 member retreat
CALPHO 2025 Board of Directors
Officers
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At Large Members
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Affiliate Representatives
Jim Rada
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CALPHO Affiliate Associations
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Colorado Directors of Environmental Health (CDEH)
CDEH is an essential professional leadership association for local environmental health officials, who are typically division directors or managers at local public health agencies. CDEH meets quarterly, providing a platform for shared learning, policy development, practice improvement, and networking. CDEH is instrumental to ensuring that Colorado communities can access effective and equitable environmental health services such as air quality monitoring, childcare facility inspections, retail food safety. 2026 Officers:
Colorado Public Health Administrative Directors (COPHAD)
COPHAD connects administrative and financial professionals from LPHAs across the state to collaborate on improving critical organizational capacities like financial management, contract processing, and human resources. Along with partners at the state health department, COPHAD is driving collaborative change around business process improvement, to help public health agencies serve their communities efficiently and get the most out of every dollar. 2026 Officers:
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CALPHO Staff
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Cara Bradbury - Executive Director
Allie Morgan - Policy Director Brittany Vermilyea - Operations Manager Peter Manetta - Manager for Partnerships and Research Shelbi DesJardin - Manager of Local Public Health Data Strategy Samie Stephens - Public Health Data Modernization Liaison Sarah Moss - Government Affairs Director |
CALPHO's Partners
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CALPHO is the state affiliate of the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO). Our staff and members participate in NACCHO's national initiatives - and those of its national partners - as well as serving in NACCHO leadership roles.
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In Colorado, CALPHO works closely with partner organizations on issues of mutual concern such as funding, workforce development, and data modernization.
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