Steering Committee

Each year, members of the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership elect an HSMP Co-Chair and HSMP Vice-Chair to sit on the HSMP Steering Committee. Every two years, members elect Action Team Co-Chairs to sit on the HSMP Steering Committee. Individuals serving in these roles provide overall leadership for HSMP and its action teams.

The Steering Committee works to enhance the capacity of the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership by:

  • Providing leadership and direction for HSMP and its Action Teams
  • Making operational decisions to guide the HSMP in accomplishing its mission in accordance with bylaws
  • Providing ongoing evaluation of the HSMP goals and objectives, organizational structure, and operation to ensure effective and efficient progress toward local health improvement
View Our New Officers’ Biographies

2024 Steering Committee Members

HSMP Co-Chairs

Meenakshi G. Brewster, MD, MPH, St. Mary’s County Health Officer (ex officio)

Kelsey R. M. Bush, J.D., Community Affairs Liaison at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

HSMP Vice-Chair

Nathaniel O. Scroggins, Director for the Minority Outreach Coalition of St. Mary’s County (MOC)

Behavioral Health Action Team (BHAT) Co-Chairs

Christopher Shea, MA, CRAT, CAC-AD, ADS, LCC, Health Hub Program Manager at St. Mary’s County Health Department

Jessica Jolly, Director of Counseling at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Chronic Disease Action Team Co-Chairs

Brian Abell, President of Southern Maryland Tennis Foundation

Christine Delise, Senior Analyst and Project Manager, Aetna Better Health of Maryland

Environmental Health Action Team Co-Chairs

Ashlyn Dishman, Environmental Health Specialist Trainee at St. Mary’s County Health Department

Sue Veith, Urban & Environmental Planner at St. Mary’s County Department of Economic Development

Violence, Injury, & Trauma Action Team Co-Chairs

Taylor Spencer Davis, Deputy Director at Southern Maryland Center for Family Advocacy

Michelle Pottinger, Program Director, Violence, Injury, and Trauma, St. Mary’s County Health Department

HSMP Support Staff

Jacqueline Wells, Director of Community Engagement and Policy at St. Mary’s County Health Department

Andrea Hamilton, Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Policy at St. Mary’s County Health Department

Lauren Arney, Local Health Improvement Coordinator at St. Mary’s County Health Department