Teresa Aseret-Manygoats, MPA

Arizona, President-Elect

Ms. Teresa Aseret-Manygoats (she/her) currently serves as the Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion at the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). She has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science, and Master in Public Administration from Arizona State University.

Teresa has over 24 years of experience working in the public health field with expertise in program evaluation and data coordination; community engagement; and developing and implementing public health approaches and initiatives that address population health; social determinants of health; health equity; and policy, system and environmental change. Teresa previously worked at the 3rd most populous local public health jurisdiction in the US, Maricopa County Department of Public Health in Phoenix, Arizona, and a non-profit Tribal organization serving Tribes in Arizona.

Teresa currently functions as the State Chronic Disease Director for Arizona, and is a serving member and the current President-Elect (beginning October 2024) of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) Board. Teresa is a 2023 Flinn Brown Fellow; and also serves on ADHS’ Human Subjects Review Board; Arizona Community Engagement Alliance (AzCEAL) Taskforce; Mayo Clinic-Arizona Community Advisory Board (CAB); Arizona Health Equity Conference Planning Committee; and American Diabetes Association- State of Diabetes Phoenix Executive Leadership Team. Teresa is Filipina, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation.