All Board of Health (BOH) members are volunteers who serve six (6) year terms. The number and type of members of the BOH is designated by Public Health Law (Article 3, Title 3, Section 343). The BOH is governed by formal By-Laws. The BOH meets once a month on the second Tuesday at noon in the Rice Conference Room of the Health Department
Name |
Representing |
Term Expires |
Bio |
Erin Hall-Rhoades, M.D.
620 N. Tioga Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
Phone: (607) 277-0455
Email: ehallrhoades@ithaca.edu |
Doctor |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dr. Hall-Rhoads was appointed to the Board of Health in April 2010. She is a physician and Assistant Medical Director at Ithaca College. |
Patrick J. McKee
305 Brookfield Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
Phone (607) 256-4399
Email: patrickm@aboutchallenge.org |
Consumer Member |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Mr. McKee was appointed to the Board of Health in March 2010. He is the President of Challenge. |
Janet E. Morgan, PhD, RN
940 Dryden Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
Phone: (607) 256-1617 (H)
Email: morganj@tc3.edu |
Consumer Member |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Ms. Morgan has served on the Board of Health since 2009. She is a Registered Nurse and the former Chair of the Department of Nursing at TC3. |
Michael J. McLaughlin, Jr.
42 Pine Circle
Newfield, New York 14867
Phone: (607) 564-3695 (H)
Phone: (607) 272-7600 (W)
Email: MMcLaug1@twcny.rr.com |
City |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
Mr. McLaughlin has served on the Board of Health the Board since June of 2008. He is the owner of Pudgie’s Pizza & Subs in Ithaca. |
James Macmillan, M.D.
Gannett Clinic
Cornell University Health Center
Ho Plaza
Ithaca, New York 14853-3101
Phone: (607) 255-5155 or 255-6966 (W)
Email: jcm23@cornell.edu |
Doctor & President |
Dec. 31, 2012 |
Dr. Macmillan has served on the Board of Health since 1994. He is a physician at Gannett Health Center at Cornell University. He has served as President of the Board of Health since 2009. |
William S. Tyler, M.D.
P.O. Box 1106
Dryden, New York 13053
Phone: (607) 844-3521
Email: wsmithtmd@yahoo.com |
Doctor & Vice-President |
Dec. 31, 2012 |
Dr. Tyler has served on the Board of Health from 1990-1994 and since 2007. He is a retired physician. His father, Howard Tyler, served on the Board of Health from 1961-1980. |
Will Burbank
132 Glenside Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
Phone: (607) 272-7555
Email: wburbank@tompkins-co.org |
County Legislature |
Dec. 31, 2011 |
Mr. Burbank was appointed to the Board of Health in March 2010 as the liaison from the County Legislature. |
Brooke Greenhouse
Cayuga Country Homes
451 East Lake Road
Dryden, New York 13053
Phone: (607) 844-4316 (W)
Fax: (607) 844-4933 (W)
Email: brooke@cayugacountryhomes.com |
Consumer Member |
Dec. 31, 2011 |
Mr. Greenhouse has served on the Board of Health since 1997. He is a co-owner of Cayuga Country Homes. |