Terry Brandenburg is a statewide leader in public health. For the past 18 years he has directed and managed public health programs for the City of West Allis and the Village of West Milwaukee, communities with a total population of approximately 65,000. Prior to that, he served as Health Officer for the City of Appleton, where he directed the operation of the City's health department.
He has played a key role in many of the statewide discussions and decisions concerning the direction of health in Wisconsin. He was an active member of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Service's Turning Point Transformation team, which was charged with the responsibility of developing Wisconsin's ten-year state health plan; and past chair of the Wisconsin Division of Public Health's Maternal and Child Health Advisory Committee. In addition to his statewide activities, Brandenburg is currently a board member and past chair of the National Public Health Leadership Society, and a board member of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
He is a past president of the Wisconsin Association of Local Health Departments and Boards; the Wisconsin Conference of Local Public Health Officials; and the Wisconsin Health Officers Association; and was a member of the national advisory committee of the Public Health Statutes Modernization Collaborative.
He received his undergraduate degree in environmental and public health from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, master's degrees in both business administration and public administration from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in public health from the University of Illinois-Chicago. He is also a graduate of the National Public Health Leadership Institute.