Kavita Batra (Medicine) was elected to serve as the president-elect on the Nevada Public Health Association's Executive Board. The mission of NPHA is to serve as the voice for public health in Nevada in order to improve health and achieve equity in health status. Batra's work related to the COVID-19 surveillance (during her role as the Biostatistician with the DHHS) had a direct and substantial impact on the health and well-being of Nevadans. Batra was integral to maintaining Nevada’s public facing COVID-19 dashboard, working to best inform the public, elected officials, media, and academic partners on the status of COVID-19 in Nevada.