The Executive Committee of Delta Omega has four elected officers – President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, and Member At-large. Each officer serves two-year terms in their respective position. The Executive Committee aims to advise the President on policy and other issues related to the society's mission and management. If a chapter or member has a question related to the society's management and initiatives, they should bring it to the Executive Committee's attention by emailing the National Office. The Executive Committee meets via teleconference quarterly (and more often if needed) to address new business and maintain a proactive strategy to see the society into the future.

For more on the committee's role and function, please review the Delta Omega Constitution and By-laws and Delta Omega Governance Manual.

President: Muriel J. Harris, PhD, MPH
Affiliated Chapter: Beta Pi
Term: 2010-2012

Dr. Muriel Harris was inducted into Delta Omega in 2000 and elected President in 2010. She is associate professor in the School of Public Health and Information Sciences at the University of Louisville, KY. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in public health from the University of South Carolina. She teaches health program evaluation; community based participatory research, culture and public health at the graduate level. Dr. Harris is director of the Doctoral Program for the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences and Diversity Chair for the school. She is committed to the active participation of communities in their development as well as to health equity and social justice locally and globally. She takes a group of students internationally to experience public health at a global level, and locally involves multiple stakeholders in her students learning through a participatory approach to teaching. She is the lead evaluator for the $7.9 million Communities Putting Prevention to Work federal grant that was awarded to Louisville in 2010. She is the author of a book published by Jossey-Bass in 2010, “Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs.”

President-Elect: Carole Kacius, PhD
Afffiliated Chapter: Beta Zeta
Term: 2010-2012

Dr. Carole Kacius was chosen as President-Elect in 2010. She will serve out her term until the fall of 2012, when she will assume the duties and role of President. Dr. Kacius has worked in higher education administration on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus for 25 years. For the past 10 years, in addition to her teaching responsibilities, she has been part of the Department of Public Health where she manages the Office of Academic Programs and Alumni Services. This office provides the planning, evaluation and student support for the department’s seven academic programs and continuing education. Dr. Kacius serves on departmental and school-wide committees that support the education and training of public health professionals. She serves on the Admissions Committees and Curriculum Committees for the undergraduate, MPH, MHA and PhD programs in the Department of Public Health. Dr. Kacius is committed to strengthening the public health infrastructure in urban and rural areas through her membership on state and national boards including the Purdue University Public Health Advisory Board, Indiana Area Health Education Centers Advisory Board, Indiana State Dept. of Health Office of Rural Health Rural Roundtable, Indiana Public Health Association Board (recently completed two 3-year terms), Indiana Rural Health Association Board (secretary and past president), National Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (treasurer and president-elect), and National Public Health Training Center Program Director’s Network.

Past-President: Amy Lee, MD, MPH, MBA
Afffiliated Chapter: Alpha Chi
Term: 2010-2012

Dr. Amy Lee previously served as the President of Delta Omega (2008-2010) and is currently acting as the society's Past-President. She is the program director for the Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health program, a partnership of The University of Akron, Cleveland State University, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Ohio University, and Youngstown State University. She is based at Northeast Ohio Medical University as Associate Professor of Community Medicine. She has had leadership positions with the Ohio Public Health Association, Delta Omega (public health honorary society), and the Council of Graduate Programs in Public Health. Lee teaches general public health concepts, biology, cultural competency, and communications in the master of public health program. At Northeast Ohio Medical University, she coordinates the community experience module in the longitudinal inter-professional course.

Member At-Large: Eric L. Hurwitz, DC, PhD
Afffiliated Chapter: Gamma
Term: 2010-2012

Dr. Eric Hurwitz serves as the Member At-Large for the society. He is a professor and Graduate Chair of Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health Sciences of John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Dr. Hurwitz’s research interests include the epidemiology and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders and chronic diseases; the safety and effectiveness of therapeutic and preventive interventions; and methods in observational and clinical epidemiology. His teaching responsibilities include the core epidemiology courses in the MPH/MS curriculum. Dr. Hurwitz recently served on the Scientific Secretariat of the World Health Organization-endorsed The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. He is also a deputy editor of The Spine Journal and a member of the National Institutes of Health’s Behavioral Medicine, Interventions, and Outcomes Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. He is president of the Gamma Chapter of Delta Omega.