The Conversations with Leaders in Public Health podcast is presented by the Heartland Center, located in the College for Public Health and Social Justice on the campus of Saint Louis University.

In this episode, the Heartland Centers Director and SLU CPHSJ Master of Health Administration Program Director, Dr. Kimberly Enard, sat down with Emily Goodin.

Emily Goodin discusses her experience as an administrator of a small county health department during the COVID-19 pandemic. She gives advice to administrators looking to establish emergency preparedness practices and how to overcome challenges with building the infrastructure for emergency response.

Emily Goodin is the Administrator for the Butler County Health Department in Poplar Bluff MO. Emily started at the health department in 2004 as a Health Educator /  Emergency Response Planner, becoming the Administrator in April 2020. Emily has worked several local emergencies: floods, H1N1, and most recently the COVID 19 pandemic.

Funding acknowledgement:
This program is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $35,569,951 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government. The Heartland Center at Saint Louis University has received a portion of this funding from the Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care to expand efforts to address health disparities caused by COVID-19.

This program is also supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31688 “Public Health Training Centers Program.”

The contents are those of the presenters (s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, HRSA, or the U.S. Government.