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Joelle Lester named executive director of Public Health Law Center

Posted: December 16, 2022
The Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law is pleased to announce the hiring of Joelle Lester as its next executive director. For the past five years, Lester has served as the center’s director of commercial tobacco control programs. She succeeds founder Doug Blanke, who retired in June 2022. Her first day …

Joelle Lester named executive director of Public Health Law Center

Doug Blanke, longtime head of Public Health Law Center, to retire

Posted: May 9, 2022
After 22 years at the helm of the Public Health Law Center, Executive Director Doug Blanke has announced his retirement, effective June 30.  Doug’s achievements in public health policy, legislative advocacy, and consumer protection, span four decades on the local, state, national, and international stages. A former Minnesota Assistant Attorney General, Doug played a key …

Doug Blanke, longtime head of Public Health Law Center, to retire