During the Annual General Meeting held each spring, alPHa elects a Board of Directors composed of seven members from the Boards of Health (BOH) Section and seven members from the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health (COMOH). The balance of the alPHa Board is composed of one representative from each of the seven Affiliate organizations and one non-voting representative from the Ontario Public Health Association. The Board meets regularly throughout the year to consider matters of policy, priorities, and governance.
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Members of the current 2012-2013 alPHa Board of Directors are as follows:
| President |
Dr. Paul Roumeliotis |
| Past President |
Vacant |
| Vice President/BOH Representative, East Region |
Mary Johnson |
| BOH Section Chair/BOH Representative, South West Region |
Al Edmondson |
| COMOH Chair/COMOH Representative, North Region |
Dr. Penny Sutcliffe |
| Treasurer/COMOH Representative, Central East Region |
Dr. Robert Kyle |
| BOH Representative, Central East Region |
Lorne Coe |
| BOH Representative, Central West Region |
Janice Mills |
| BOH Representative, North East Region |
Joseph Matko |
| BOH Representative, North West Region |
Russ Fortier |
| BOH Representative, Toronto |
Dr. Abdul Fattah |
| COMOH Representative, Central West Region |
Dr. Valerie Jaeger |
| COMOH Representative, East Region |
Dr. Isra Levy |
| COMOH Representative, South West Region |
Dr. Allen Heimann |
| COMOH Representative, Toronto |
Dr. Michael Finkelstein |
| Affiliate Representative, ANDSOOHA* |
Karen Quigley-Hobbs |
| Affiliate Representative, AOPHBA* |
Patricia Hewitt |
| Affiliate Representative, APHEO* |
Deborah Moore |
| Affiliate Representative, ASPHIO* |
Bjorn Christensen |
| Affiliate Representative, HPO* |
Ellen Wodchis |
| Affiliate Representative, OAPHD* |
Paul Sharma |
| Affiliate Representative, OSNPPH* |
Tracy Allan-Koester |
| Cross-Appointment, OPHA* |
Susan Makin |
* Legend:
ANDSOOHA = Association of Nursing Directors and Supervisors in Official Ontario Health Agencies
AOPHBA = Association of Ontario Public Health Business Administrators
APHEO = Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario
ASPHIO = Association of Supervisors of Public Health Inspectors of Ontario
HPO = Health Promotion Ontario
OAPHD = Ontario Association of Public Health Dentistry
OSNPPH = Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health
OPHA = Ontario Public Health Association