Teresa Wood Kett

Heidi Porter is a local public health director who is used to getting calls for the unusual and the mundane. She delivers public health services in Bedford, Mass., from a broad, whole health perspective, relying on a multidisciplinary health and human services team.

Jayne Smith has made small-town public health her career.

Sigalle Reiss has worked in local public health for 20 years. She’s ready for a challenge in a new community, and looks ahead to collaboratively innovating for change, while recognizing the responsibility that comes with the power of local public health.

Peter Mirandi has more than 30 years of local public health experience in several Massachusetts communities.

Damon Chaplin spearheads public health efforts for New Bedford, working to close gaps in health equity as he leads the city’s Covid-19 response.

Brookline health inspector Samantha Menard has been on the job for about three years, adapting to an often changing local public health role.

Roberto Santamaria is Nantucket’s director of health and human services, a 2011 BUSPH graduate and a newly commissioned member of the first Ready Reserve Corps class, a part of the U.S. Public Health Service.

Lauren Buck is the Revere public health director, a nurse, and a 2018 Boston University School of Public Health graduate. She jumped into local public health mid-pandemic, and calls it her dream job despite the long hours, stress and unique responsibilities.