Business Manager Brittany Forster Phone: (580) 482-7308
Community Engagement & Health Planning Manager Melissa Simms Phone: (580) 480-5993
Local Emergency Response Coordinator Rebecca Villa-Winsett Phone: (580) 726-3316
Public Information Officer Amanda Walsh Phone: (580) 585-6677
Board of Health
Members
Appointed By
Term Began
Term Expires
Residence
Stan Funkhouser
County Commissioners
1/2/2013
Indefinite
Hobart
Travis Gates
District Judge
8/13/2018
6/30/2026
Snyder
Samantha Lewellen Jackson
County Commissioners
4/29/2015
6/30/2027
Hobart
Ruby Jewel Elix
Commissioner of Health
8/13/2018
6/30/2024
Hobart
Kerry Koester
Commissioner of Health
8/12/2013
6/30/2025
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 a member of the Board of Commissioners