Officers & Board of Directors
AIRA Board
The individuals serving on AIRA’s board of directors are elected by AIRA members and provide invaluable leadership and expertise. Directors serve a two-year term. The board plays a crucial role in guiding AIRA in its strategic vision. It is composed of five officers—President, President-Elect, Governance Committee Chair, Treasurer, Secretary—and seven directors. These directors are primarily IIS staff and IIS program managers working for public health agencies across the country. Sign up for the Weekly Update to learn about AIRA’s activities, including board updates.
*Non-IIS directors
Officers/Executive Committee
Melissa Mickle-Hope
President
Term as President: 2024-2025
Melissa Mickle-Hope has worked with the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Bureau of Immunization for over 19 years. During her tenure with DOHMH she has served in many roles, including Outreach Specialist, Data Analyst, VFC Coordinator and CIR Deputy Director. Currently, she is the Director of the Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR), the immunization information system (IIS) for New York City. Melissa received her BS in biology from the University of Richmond and her MPH from the University of Michigan. Melissa has been on the AIRA Board for four years and is currently serving on the Executive Committee as President.
Served as President-Elect: 2023-2024
Marie Hartel
President-Elect
Term as President-Elect: 2024-2025
Marie Hartel is the Program Director for the Tennessee Department of Health Vaccine-Preventable Disease and Immunization Program, overseeing the IIS, data management, and administrative operations of the program. She joined the immunization community in May 2020, previously serving as the IIS Manager and IIS Deputy Manager. Marie has a master’s degree in public health and more than a decade of experience supporting the design, implementation, and management of state data systems. She resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with her family.
Served as IIS Director: 2022-2024
Miriam Muscoplat
Governance Committee Chair
Term as Governance Chair: 2023-2025
Miriam Muscoplat is the Manager of the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection. Miriam’s role includes supervising MIIC operations staff and overall MIIC program coordination. She is also the MIIC policy lead and data steward. Miriam has been with the immunization program at the Minnesota Department of Health since 2010 and with MIIC since 2014. She has a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and a master of public health degree in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. In her spare time, Miriam enjoys cross-stitching snarky sayings, listening to true-crime podcasts, and hiking with her family (husband Jon, and kids Iris (age 12) and Henry (age 6)).
David Crowell
Secretary
Term as Secretary: 2023-2025
David Crowell is a member of the AIRA Board of Directors. With four years serving on the board, he is looking forward to continuing his role of secretary for the 2023–2025 term, demonstrating his commitment to advancing the organization’s mission. David currently holds the position of HL7 Interface Manager for the Nevada State Immunization Program (NSIP) and has been leading HL7 interoperability projects for NSIP since 2015. In this capacity, he oversees the registry help desk and assists both the training and data quality units for the Nevada WebIZ program. David is a dedicated family man. The favorite thing for him and his wife, children, and dog to do is enjoy the beauty of Lake Tahoe together. Along with his family, David enjoys skiing, camping, and exploring the outdoors of his home state, Nevada.
Steve Murchie
Treasurer
Term as Treasurer: 2022-2025
Steve Murchie is serving the seventh year of his six-year eligibility on the AIRA Board (wait, what?). He is active on the Finance and Executive Committees and holds the Treasurer position. Steve spends most of his non-AIRA time as CEO of Envision Technology Partners and makes his home in Evergreen, Colorado, with his wife, Claire, who is also co-owner of Envision. Steve has worked on a number of nonprofit boards and enjoys giving back to the community. When attempting to relax, Steve enjoys a variety of outdoor sports. Steve holds a BA in economics from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Directors
Jeff Chorath
IIS Director
Current Board Term: 2023-2025
Jeff Chorath joined the AIRA board in 2023. He is the Immunization Information System Section Manager for the Washington Department of Health. Jeff previously served in the military as an intelligence officer, functioned as a program consultant for Starbucks Coffee Company, and worked as a procurement supervisor for Kindred Healthcare. He received a B.S. in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Illinois, an M.S. in healthcare administration and management from Rosalind Franklin University, and an MBA from the University of Washington. Originally from Chicago, Jeff resides in the Seattle area with his partner, dog, and two cats. In his free time, he enjoys racing motorcycles, hiking, and traveling.
David Mattiko
IIS Director
Current Board Term: 2023-2025
David Mattiko joined the AIRA Board in 2023. David is the Director of the Division of Immunizations Information Systems and Technology in the Bureau of Immunizations in the Pennsylvania Department of Health. In this position, he manages registry, statistical, and clerical staff to collect, process, analyze, and disseminate immunization data. David led the Pennsylvania transition to its new IIS, PIERS, which uses Envision Technology Partners’ WebIZ platform. PIERS successfully went live in January 2024. David has worked in the Pennsylvania Department of Health for 25 years, spending the past five years as the Manager of the Immunization Registry. Prior to working in immunizations, he worked in the Vital Events Registry for 20 years, where he was also the registry manager.
Kim Gulliver
IIS Director
Current Board Term: 2024-2025
Kim Gulliver joined the AIRA board in 2024. Kim is the Manager of the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS). In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations, providing strategic direction, and supervising employees of the CIIS program and the Immunization Data Unit. Kim has worked in the IIS field for the last 18 years. During this time, she has had many duties, including training and outreach, provider enrollment, interoperability, data quality monitoring, meaningful use coordinator, and IIS program management (including fiscal, vendor, and grant management). In her spare time, Kim enjoys spending time with her family, camping, hiking, and traveling (her family has a goal of visiting all US states and National Parks).
Laura Barrett
IIS Director
Current Board Term: 2024-2026
Laura Barrett joined the AIRA board in 2024. Laura is the Immunization Registry Manager at the Kentucky Department for Public Health. She has worked in the Kentucky Immunization Registry (KYIR) section since 2015. Laura was instrumental in the IIS implementation in 2015 and the implementation of the IIS public portal in 2022. In her current role, she is responsible for coordinating development, tracking, and supporting of the completion of CDC Cooperative Agreement activities. Laura has extensive experience with IIS implementation, training, help desk support, data quality analysis, and project management. She found a home in public health after three years of serving as an AmeriCorps member supporting Kentuckians through various nonprofits throughout the commonwealth. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing Dungeons and Dragons with her husband and friends, and spoiling her many pets.
Mike Berry
Non-IIS Director
Current Board Term: 2023-2025
Mike Berry joined the AIRA Board in 2023. Mike is Senior Project Manager at HLN Consulting and has been working with IIS since 2002. He has staffed and managed IIS and other public health information systems projects for HLN in numerous jurisdictions. In addition to IIS, his work is focused on connecting Public Health to health information exchanges (HIEs), standards-based messaging and interoperability architecture, privacy and security, and person-matching technologies for integrated systems. Mike currently leads HLN’s public health systems projects for the Rhode Island Department of Health and is a developer and relationship manager for HLN projects at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Mike led HLN’s team on the Strategic Healthcare IT Advanced Research Projects on Security (SHARPS) project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, culminating in the release of Decision Support for Data Segmentation (DS2).
Shannon Coleman
Non-IIS Director
Current Board Term: 2024-2026
Shannon Coleman joined AIRA in 2024. Shannon is a Group Product Manager at STChealth and has been working in the immunization space for over 30 years with the last 25 being at STChealth. She has held various positions within the company with experience ranging from application development and product design to implementation. She has a MS in CIS, a CSM (Certified Scrum Master), and a CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner). Shannon has been a member of MACAW since 2018, is involved in various community groups, and is currently guiding the work of the IIS platform at STC.
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