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: Vacant

City of Seattle Members: Dionne Foster, Vice Chair; Debora

Juarez, Alexis Mercedes Rinck

Alternate: Rob Saka

Sound Cities Association Members: Amy Falcone, Victoria

Schroff, Vacant;

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, or

Steve de los Angeles; Alternate: Quintina Bowen

Seattle Indian Health Board: Esther Lucero; Alternate: Meriah

Gille

Dr. Sandra Valenciano, Health Officer and Acting Director,

Seattle-King County Department of Public Health

Staff: Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board Administrator -

KCBOHAdmin@kingcounty.gov

1:00 PM

Thursday, May 21, 2026

DRAFT MINUTES

Hybrid Meeting

Board of Health

Meeting Minutes

May 21, 2026

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Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 1:01 p.m.

Roll Call

15 -

Present:

Archiopoli, Chew, Daniels, de Castro, Dunn, Falcone, Foster, Gudgel, Loo,

Lucero, Mohammed, Mosqueda, Schroff, von Reichbauer and Williams

5 - Elkins, Juarez, Lewis, Rinck and de los Angeles

Excused:

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Meeting Minutes

May 21, 2026

Announcement of Any Alternates Serving in Place of Regular

Members

Boardmember Green served in place of Boardmember Mohammed.

Boardmember Garcia, Boardmember Kaur, Boardmember Paquette, Boardmember

Milinganyo, and Boardmember Thomas were also in attendance.

Approval of Minutes of March 19 and April 29, 2026

Boardmember Foster moved approval of the minutes of March 19 and April 29, 2026.

The motion carried.

Public Comments

The following people spoke:

Alex Tsimerman

Katherine Chen

Zoom

Tom Bird

Evelyn

Grace

Julia

Red

iPhone

Butterfly

Lisa

Rachel Sun

Meiling

Amanda De Lisio

Chair's Report

The Chair briefed the Board on the upcoming agenda.

Director's Report

Dr. Sandra Valenciano, Director, Department of Public Health - Seattle & King County,

gave an overview on hantavirus, unpermitted food vendors, Health and safety

information for international visitors to Seattle and King County for the upcoming FIFA

Men's World Cup activities, and online resources.

Briefings

Board of Health

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BOH Briefing No. 26-B12

PHSKC Preparations for the FIFA Men’s World Cup

Dr. Sandra Valenciano, Director, Department of Public Health - Seattle & King County,

briefed the Board and answered questions.

Nick Solari, Preparedness Director, Public Health - Seattle & King County, briefed the

Board and answered questions.

Nate Weed, MPH, Chief of Resilience, Washington State Department of Health,

briefed the Board and answered questions.

This matter was Presented

BOH Briefing No. 26-B13

Impact of inequitable access to massage licensure on workers and public safety

JM Wong briefed the Board and answered questions.

JH Chen briefed the Board and answered questions.

D Dian briefed the Board and answered questions.

This matter was Presented

10.

BOH Briefing No. 26-B14

Overdose Prevention and Response

Brad Finegood, Strategic Advisor, Department of Public Health - Seattle & King

County, briefed the Board and answered questions.

Julia Hood, Epidemiologist, Department of Public Health - Seattle & King County,

briefed the Board and answered questions.

Semone Andu, Regional Health Administrator, Health Care for the Homeless Network,

Department of Public Health - Seattle & King County, briefed the Board and answered

questions.

David Sapienza, Pathways Clinic, Lead Physician, Department of Public Health -

Seattle & King County, briefed the Board and answered questions.

Rachel Marhill, Medical Department Senior Operations Manager, Downtown Emergency

Service Center, briefed the Board and answered questions.

Callan Fockele, Lead Physician, Downtown Emergency Service Center, briefed the

Board and answered questions.

This matter was Presented

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13.

Board Member Updates

No updates were given.

Other Business

No other business was presented.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 3:27 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