Northeast District
Northeast District Director
Director Sara Cochrane
Environmental Health Supervisor
Summit County Public Health
1867 W. Market St, Akron OH 44313
Phone Number: 330-812-3949
Email Address: scochrane@schd.org
Hello All,
The Northeast OEHA Planning Committee is very excited to start planning this year’s fall 2026 conference which will be at the Hilton Garden Inn in Twinsburg, OH, on October 13 and 14, 2026.
We will be offering a two day track of presentations. Each day we will provide Environmental Health Specialists (REHS) with CEU’s, pending Ohio Department of Health approval. We aim to provide conference attendees with twelve or more CEU’s and at least two pesticide credit hours. Please check back at a later date to see what we have planned.
As always the Planning Committee welcomes donations for the raffle baskets to help with fundraisers to help support the George Eagle Scholarship Fund. And we are always looking for speakers, if you would like to donate or be a speaker at this year’s conference or would like to recommend a speaker please reach out to me directly or anyone on the planning committee.
For any additional information regarding the conference or to nominate someone for the future District Director-Elect position, the Outstanding Sanitarian Award, or the Gary Matson Membership Recognition, please visit the OEHA website or contact me directly. We look forward to seeing all of you this fall!
Sincerely,
Sara Cochrane and the NE OEHA Planning Committee
Northeast District Planning Committee members
Sara CochraneDistrict Director | Laura FaussColumbiana County Healthlfauss@colunbiana-health.org |
Courtney GrossmanOhio EPAEnvironmental Specialist IINortheast District OfficeCourtney.Grossman@epa.ohio.gov330.963.1226 | Rebecca JewellSecretary |
Colton MastersMahoning County Public Health | Patty McConnellHappily Retiredpj.mcconnell.08@gmail.com |
Dakota MorganMahoning County Public Health | Courtney MyersTreasurer |
Melissa O'ConnellMedina County Health Department | John PavelStark County Health Dept |
Keith RileyHappily Retired
| Mary Helen SmithHappily Retired |
Emily SpeckPast District Director | Karleigh SpenceNew Philadelphia City Health Dept. |

