Planning Committee
Coordinators
STEERING COMMITTEE The NECO Region 5 Steering Committee is comprised of representatives from Public Health, Hospitals, MEETING MINUTES |
PUBLIC HEALTH PLANNING COMMITTEE The Public Health Planning Committee is comprised of health commissioners and other key emergency preparedness personnel from the health jurisdictions in the 13-county NECO region. The chair and vice chair of the committee represent Public Health at the quarterly Steering Committee meetings. The committee works together to address public health developments and issues in the region and a number of workgroups are in place to address specific regional Public Health planning. Click here to view the Public Health Workgroups. MEETING MINUTES |
There are two regional coordinators representing Public Health and Hospitals. They, along with the current Chairpersons of the Public Health and Hospital Planning Committees and the current Steering Kristi Kato is the NECO Region 5 Public Health Coordinator. She is responsible for coordinating emergency preparedness activities for 28 public health districts in a 13-county region.
Prior to joining the Summit County Health District, Kristi earned her bachelor of science degree from
Kent State University. In August 2008 she completed the Master Exercise Practitioner Program through the Emergency Management Institute. Sarah Metzger is the NECO Region 5 Hospitals Coordinator and the Administrative Director of the Akron Regional Hospital Association. She coordinates emergency preparedness activities for Akron Regional Hospital Association membership and facilitates a grant from Health and Human Services through the Ohio Department of Health, focused on enhanced emergency preparedness activities for healthcare for a 13-county region. Sarah attends various local, regional and state meetings to represent hospitals' issues related to emergency readiness and facilitates the disbursement of approximately $1.6 million in grant dollars annually.
Prior to joining the Akron Regional Hospital Association in 2005, Sarah was a marketing communications professional for a local hospital. She earned her bachelor's degree in business and organization communications from the University of Akron. Sarah can be reached by phone at 330-873-1500 or via email at smetzger@arha.org |
| COMMUNICATIONS | The mission of the Communications Workgroup is to identify existing interoperable communication assets and shortcomings and refine the regional interoperable communication plan and incident management document. |
| COMMUNITY CONTAINMENT | The mission of the Community Containment Workgroup is coordination of Isolation/Quarantine and community containment policies, procedures and plans. The group is chaired by Dr. James Hubert of the Tuscarawas County Health District. |
| PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (PIO) | The mission of the Public Information Officer Workgroup is to establish partnerships before an event to ensure consistent messages during the event. The group is currently in search of a chair, if you are interested please contact kkato@schd.org |
| MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS (MRC) | The mission of the Medical Reserve Corps Workgroup is to implement and maintain an active Medical Reserve Corps in all Northeast Central Ohio counties. The main focus of the group is networking and sharing of goals and direction. |
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| EPIDEMIOLOGY | The mission of the Epidemiology Workgroup is to foster and strengthen the epidemiological response capacity of each jurisdiction and to improve the health of all the residents in NECO Region 5. Goals include:
The group is chaired by Vaughn Anderson of the Holmes County Health Department. Anyone wishing to participate may contact Vaughn at vanderson@holmeshealth.org. |
| MASS DISPENSING / SNS | The mission of the Mass Dispensing Workgroup is to assure that plans related to mass dispensing are similar across NECO Region 5 and to identify regional capabilities where resources will be needed in order to accomplish the mission of mass prophylaxis or vaccination during a public health emergency. |
| PLAN REVIEW | The mission and purpose of the Plan Review Workgroup is to coordinate the development and integration of Public Health plans among regional partners. The goal is to develop a capability-based, all-hazards, regional incident management Public Health guidance document.
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