NAQC’s board of directors is committed to the organization’s advancement and sustainability. Directors are elected by organizational members and serve a maximum of two three-year terms. Learn more about the Board election process here. The years in parentheses indicate when directors began their service and when their current term ends. Officers are elected by the directors and serve one- or two-year terms. The board governs the organization under the Carver Policy Governance model.

To nominate a colleague or self to be considered to serve on the NAQC Board, please review the nomination process.

To view biographical information of each board member, please click on the  icon located next to their name.

Chair

Corinne Graffunder, DrPH (2021-2027)
Professor and Consultant/Public Health Subject Matter Expert
Atlanta, GA, USA

Chair Elect

Alex Hurst, MHA (2024-2027) 
Executive Director, Health Initiatives
National Jewish Health
1400 Jackson Street
Denver, CO, USA

Secretary

Nicole Aune, MPH (2024-2027)
Section Supervisor
Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Section
Helena, MT, USA

Treasurer

Karen Hudmon, DrPH, MS, RPh, CTTS (2023-2026) 
Professor, Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy
West Lafayette, IN, USA

Executive Committee Member-At-Large

Nicole “Coco” Toves Villaluz (2025-2028)  
Deputy Director
American Indian Cancer Foundation
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Starla Stiles (2023-2026) 
Senior Communications Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Ellicott City, MD, USA

Karla Sneegas (2026-2029) 
Retired (former OSH’s Program Branch Chief)
Tucker, GA, USA

James Davis, MD (2024-2027) 
Tenured Associated Professor of Medicine, Duke University (MD)
Duke Center for Smoking Cessation
Durham, NC, USA

Mark Meaney, JD, MA (2025-2028)  
Director, Commercial Tobacco Control Program
Public Health Law Center
Saint Paul, MN, USA