THD Director and Board of Health
Dedicated to Serving the Community
The Tulsa City-County Board of Health acts in an advisory capacity to the THD Director of Health. The Board sets public health policies and helps establish the THD annual budget. In all that they do, the Board's appointed members and the Director of Health strive to safeguard and promote the health of the people they serve.
Board of Health Members
Mr. W.H. (Rik) Helmerich
Chair
Appointed by: City of Tulsa
Initially Appointed: September, 2003
Current Term Expires: May 1, 2015
Dr. Patrick Grogan, DVM
Vice-Chair
Appointed by: Tulsa County
Initially Appointed: November, 2004
Current Term Expires: July 1, 2011
Betty Boyd
Appointed by: City of Tulsa
Initially Appointed: May 1, 2001
Current Term Expires: May 1, 2012
Beverly J. Mathis, D.O.
Appointed by: Tulsa County
Initially Appointed: January 19, 2010
Current Term Expires: July 31, 2015
Geraldine Ellison, Ph.D., R.N.
Appointed by: City of Tulsa
Initially Appointed: September 9, 2005
Current Term Expires: May 1, 2015
Delilah Christine Zarate-Gentges
Appointed by: City of Tulsa
Initially Appointed: September 13, 2007
Current Term Expires: May 1, 2013
James O. Goodwin, J.D.
Appointed by: Tulsa County
Initially Appointed: March 1968
Current Term Expires: July 31, 2012
Nancy B. Keithline
Appointed by: City of Tulsa
Initially Appointed: June 26, 1997
Current Term Expires: July 31, 2012
THD Interim Director
Reggie Ivey, MHR
Interim Director since October 2009