Michael Fraser, PhD, MSMSL, CAE, FCPP

Michael R. Fraser, PhD, MSMSL, CAE, FCPP, is the Executive Director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization representing the public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia, as well as the more than 100,000 public health professionals these agencies employ. ASTHO members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy and to ensuring excellence in state‐based public health practice.

Dr. Fraser is a dynamic leader in the health care and public health fields and brings to this position experience leading both public health associations and medical societies. He has been featured in interviews with the Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, The Hill, CNN, Bloomberg, MSNBC, and other national and regional media outlets. Michael has been a distinguished leader in public health for twenty years.

Michael received his doctorate and masters degrees in sociology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a masters of science in management with a concentration on management, strategy and leadership from the Eli Broad School of Management at Michigan State University. He has crisscrossed the nation to meet with members, partners, and public health leaders to further advance ASTHO’s mission as an advocate, voice and resource for state and territorial public health.  He serves on several national boards and advisory committees throughout his career. He is a the Founding Treasurer of PHPAC – the Public Health Political Action Committee, is active in the American Society of Association Executives, serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, the National Board of Public Health Examiners, chairs the Departmental Advisory Committee for the George Mason University College of Health and Human Services’ Department of Global and Community Health, and is a member of the Advisory Committee on the Kregse-UNC Emerging Public Health Leaders Program.