1200 King County

Courthouse

King County

516 Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Meeting Minutes

Board of Health

Metropolitan King County Councilmembers: Teresa

Mosqueda, Chair;

Reagan Dunn, Rhonda Lewis, Pete von Reichbauer

Alternate:

City of Seattle Members: Dionne Foster, Debora Juarez, Alexis

Mercedes Rinck

Alternate: Rob Saka

Sound Cities Association Members: Barb de Michele, Amy

Falcone, Victoria Schroff

Alternates: Hugo Garcia, Satwinder Kaur, Cheryl Paquette

Public Health, Facilities, and Providers: Butch de Castro, PhD,

MSN/MPH, RN, FAAN;

Lisa Chew, MD, MPH; Katherine Gudgel, MS

Alternate: Karen Hartfield

Consumers of Public Health: Quiana Daniels, BS, RN, LPN,

Vice Chair;

Mustafa Mohammed, MD, MBCHB, MHP, LAAC, AAC

Alternate: LaMont Green (Gullah), DSW

Community Stakeholders: Christopher Archiopoli, Victor Loo

Alternate: Francoise Milinganyo

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe: Jaison Elkins;

Alternate: Andrea N. Thomas, MHA

Snoqualmie Indian Tribe: Jolene R. Williams, MMC;

Alternate: Steve de los Angeles

Seattle Indian Health Board: Esther Lucero;

Alternate: Meriah Gille

Dr. Sandra Valenciano, Health Officer and Interim Director,

Seattle-King County Department of Public Health

Staff: Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board Administrator -

KCBOHAdmin@kingcounty.gov

1:00 PM

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 1:02 p.m.

Roll Call

20 -

Present:

Archiopoli, Daniels, de Castro, Dunn, Falcone, Foster, Gudgel, Juarez,

Lewis, Loo, Mercedes Rinck, Mohammed, Mosqueda, Schroff, von

Reichbauer, Williams, Paquette, Hartfield, Thomas and Gille

4 - Chew, de Michele, Elkins and Lucero

Excused:

Announcement of Any Alternates Serving in Place of Regular

Members

Boardmember Paquette served in place of Boardmember de Michele.

Boarmember Hartfield served in place of Boardmember Chew.

Boardmember Gille served in place of Boardmember Lucero.

Boardmember Thomas served in place of Boardmember Elkins.

Also in attendance were Boardmembers Garcia, Kaur, and Millinganyo.

Public Comments

The following person spoke:

Alex Tsimerman

Chair's Report

The Chair briefed the board on the upcoming agenda.

Director's Report

Dr. Sandra Valenciano, Director, Public Health - Seattle & King County, briefed the

board on leadership transition, department updates, legislative updates, the health of

King County, and the Board of Health Workplan.

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Election of Chair and Vice Chairs

Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board Administrator, briefed the Board and answered questions.

Chair Mosqueda passed the gavel to Vice Chair Daniels to lead on election of the

Chair.

Boardmember Lewis made a motion to nominate Boardmember Mosqueda as Chair of

the Board of Health. The motion carried.

Boardmember Loo made a motion to nominate Boardmember Daniels as Vice Chair

representing nonelected officials. The motion carried.

Boardmember Rinck made a motion to nominate Boardmember Foster as Vice Chair

representing city and county officials. The motion carried.

Discussion and Possible Action

Resolution No. 26-01

A RESOLUTION designating the order in which the vice-chairs of the King County Board of Health may

act in the absence of the chair in 2026.

A motion was made by Boardmember Foster that this Resolution be Passed.

The motion carried by the following vote:

19 -

Yes:

Archiopoli, Daniels, de Castro, Falcone, Foster, Gudgel, Juarez, Lewis,

Loo, Mercedes Rinck, Mohammed, Mosqueda, Schroff, von Reichbauer,

Williams, Paquette, Hartfield, Thomas and Gille

5 - Chew, de Michele, Dunn, Elkins and Lucero

Excused:

Briefings

BOH Briefing No. 26-B01

Board of Health Authority

Olivia Brey briefed the Board and answered questions.

This matter was Presented

10.

BOH Briefing No. 26-B02

Preparing the 2026 Board of Health Workplan

Joy Carpine-Cazzanti briefed the Board and answered questions.

Boardmember Gudgel and Boardmember Archiopoli briefed the Board and answered

questions.

This matter was Presented

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11.

BOH Briefing No. 26-B03

Policy Co-design Pilot: Food Access

Ginna Hernandez Rodriguez, Project/Program Manager III, briefed the Board and

answered questions.

Barbara Barquero, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of

Washington, Codesign member, briefed the Board and answered questions.

This matter was Presented

12.

Board Member Updates

No updates were given.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 3:08 p.m.

If you have questions or need additional information about this agenda,

please call (206) 263-0365, or write to Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board of

Health Administrator via email at KCBOHAdmin@kingcounty.gov