NDCA is delighted to announce the hiring of new Executive Director Terry Nordbrock, MLS, MPH. Terry brings with her seven years of environmental health activism and a wealth of resources to this position.

Terry completed a Masters in Public Health degree at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, with a focus on Environmental and Occupational Health.

Terry became concerned about environmental health when her two-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. In 2003, Terry and several other mothers of children with cancer met to discuss their frustrations about the Sierra Vista childhood leukemia cluster, and agreed to form a group to encourage more investigation into the cluster, Families Against Cancer & Toxics (FACT). CDC overturned their decades old policy of non-involvement in cancer cluster investigations to respond to the childhood leukemia clusters in Fallon, Nevada and Sierra Vista, Arizona. Terry gave up a beloved career as a reference librarian to work full-time to improve environmental health.

In 2004, FACT held a weekend conference for people affected by disease clusters. Advocates came to Sierra Vista from across the country from places like Fallon, NV; LeJeune, NC; and Sacramento, CA to explore ways of working collectively to address shortfalls in the nation’s public health system.

Please join us in welcoming Terry to this position.