State Board of Health
The State Board of Health is the governing body of the Health Department. The Board is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate. Each Board member serves a nine-year term. Eight of the nine members represent specific county regions of the state and one member is appointed to represent the state at large.
As of 2010, the Board is composed of the following members:
| Name | Region | Board position |
|---|---|---|
| Jenny Alexopulos, D.O | Ottawa, Delaware, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Washington, Tulsa, Pawnee, and Osage counties | President |
| R. Murali Krishna, MD | Logan, Oklahoma, Cleveland, McClain, Garvin, Murray and Payne counties | Vice President |
| Cris Hart-Wolfe | Ellis, Dewey, Custer, Roger Mills, Beckham, Washita, Kiowa, Greer, Jackson, Harmon, and Tillman counties | Secretary-Treasurer |
| Michael D. Anderson, PhD | State at-large | |
| Alfred Baldwin Jr | Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woodward, Woods, Major, Alfalfa, Grant, Garfield, Kay and Noble counties | |
| Richard G. Davis, DDS | Pottawatomie, Creek, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Seminole, Pontotoc, Hughes, Johnson, and Coal counties | |
| Kenneth Miller, MD | LeFlore, Latimer, Pittsburg, Atoka, Pushmataha, McCurtain, Choctaw, Bryan, Marshall, Carter, and Love counties | |
| Barry L. Smith, J.D. | Adair, Sequoyah, Cherokee, Wagoner, Muskogee, Haskell, McIntosh, and Okmulgee counties | |
| Ronald Woodson, M.D. | Blaine, Kingfisher, Canadian, Caddo, Grady, Comanche, Jefferson, Stephens, and Cotton counties |
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