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, Hugo Garcia;  
Alternates: Pierre Blosse, 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, June 18, 2026  
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Meeting Minutes  
June 18, 2026  
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Board of Health  
Meeting Minutes  
June 18, 2026  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 1:01 p.m.  
Roll Call  
14 -  
10 -  
Present:  
Archiopoli, Daniels, Falcone, Foster, Gudgel, Lewis, Loo, Lucero,  
Mohammed, von Reichbauer, Garcia, Blosse, Hartfield and Bowen  
Excused:  
Chew, de Castro, Dunn, Elkins, Juarez, Rinck, Mosqueda, Schroff, Williams  
and de los Angeles  
3.  
Announcement of Any Alternates Serving in Place of Regular  
Members  
Boardmember Blosse served in place of Boardmember Schroff. Boardmember  
Hartfield served in place of Boardmember de Castro. Boardmember Bowen served as  
the Snoqualimie Indian Tribe representative.  
Boardmember Kaur, Boardmember Paquette, and Boardmember Green were also  
present.  
4.  
5.  
6.  
Approval of Minutes of May 21, 2026  
Boardmember Falcone moved to approve the minutes of the May 21, 2026, meeting as  
presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.  
Public Comments  
The following person provided comment:  
Alex Tsimerman  
Chair's Report  
Chair Daniels provided an update on a letter from the Board to the State Department of  
Health regarding improving access to massage licensure, and congratulated Dr.  
Sandra Valenciano, Director of Public Health, on her recent confirmation.  
7.  
Director's Report  
Dr. Valenciano reported on her recent confirmation as Director of Public Health, FIFA  
activities in Seattle, the recent extreme heat occurrence, Hantavirus cases, an Ebola  
outbreak, and a Measles update.  
Board of Health  
Meeting Minutes  
June 18, 2026  
Briefings  
8.  
BOH Briefing No. 26-B16  
Board membership and recruitment for 2027  
Joy Carpine-Cazzanti, Board Administrator, Public Health - Seattle & King County  
presented the briefing and answered questions.  
This matter was Presented  
9.  
BOH Briefing No. 26-B15  
Innovations in Sexual Health  
Christopher Archiopoli, Member, King County Board of Health and Dr. Chase Cannon,  
Assistant Professor, University of Washington Dept. of Medicine; Medical Director,  
Sexual Health Clinic, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Medical Officer,  
HIV/STI/HCV Program, Prevention Division, Public Health – Seattle & King County  
presented the briefing and answered questions.  
This matter was Presented  
10.  
BOH Briefing No. 26-B17  
Findings and Recommendations from Washington’s Maternal Mortality Review Panel Report  
Quiana Daniels, Vice Chair, King County Board of Health, Deborah Gardner, Maternal  
Mortality Review Coordinator, Washington State Dept. of Health, and Anne McHugh,  
Maternal Mortality Review Coordinator, Washington State Dept. of Health presented the  
briefing and answered questions.  
This matter was Presented  
11.  
Board Member Updates  
Boardmembers Gudgel and Mohammed provided briefings.  
Board of Health  
Meeting Minutes  
June 18, 2026  
12.  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 2:42p.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