Kiowa County Board of Health
Members | Position | Appointed By | Term Began | Term Expires | Residence |
Stan Funkhouser | Chair | County Commissioner | 1/2/2013 | Indefinite | Hobart |
Ruby Elix | Commissioner of Health | 8/13/2018 | 6/30/2024 | Hobart | |
Kerry Koester | Commissioner of Health | 8/12/2013 | 6/30/2021 | Hobart | |
Travis Gates | District Judge | 8/13/18 | 6/30/2022 | Snyder | |
Samantha Jackson, MD | County Commissioner | 4/29/2015 | 6/30/2023 | Hobart |
Medical Director: Michael Krieger, MD
Kiowa County Board of Health members will be actively involved in working with the health department to identify the public health problems of our county and lead community efforts to solve them. The Kiowa County Board of Health consists of five (5) members, appointed as follows:
- 2-Appointed by State Commissioner of Health
- 1 Appointed by District Court Judge-must hold School Administrators Certificate
- 1 Appointed by Board of County Commissioners must be MD, DO, DDS, OD, or RN
- 1 Appointed by Board of Commissioners. May be member of Board of Commissioners