Leadership Bios and Photos

Chuck Weber is the administrator of the Division of Information Technology Services. He has over 25+ years of experience in healthcare, financial services, technology and operations. He joined DHW in February 20222.

Laura Stute is the administrator for the Division of Licensing and Certification. Prior to joining DHW in 2022, she spent 18 years working in healthcare. She has served in both clinical and leadership roles focused on regulatory compliance, patient safety, and improving clinical outcomes. Laura spent the majority of her healthcare career working in the inpatient rehabilitation setting where she focused on program development for disease-specific accreditations from the Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). She has a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from Plattsburgh State University.

Juliet Charron serves as the Idaho Medicaid administrator, a role she began in November 2021. She oversees administration for the Idaho Medicaid program serving about 400,000 Idahoans. Previously, she held leadership positions with the Texas Medicaid program and the Texas Office of the Inspector General. Juliet previously worked in government programs and compliance roles in a community-based health plan in Arizona. She received her bachelor’s degree in public policy, planning, and management from the University of Oregon. She holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Arizona. 

Elke Shaw-Tulloch is the administrator of the Division of Public Health, and the state’s public health officer. She has worked for the department since 1996 and was promoted to division administrator in 2012. Since February 2020, she has focused a majority of her time on responding to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Dr. Christine Hahn is Idaho’s state epidemiologist and the Division of Public Health’s medical director. She is board certified in infectious disease and works in an Idaho tuberculosis clinic twice monthly. She also serves on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and since late February 2020, has been focusing almost solely on responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Kathryn Turner is the deputy state epidemiologist in the Division of Public Health. She has worked for the department for 17 years and oversees the epidemiology, immunization, food protection, communicable disease surveillance, and refugee health screening programs for the division. She has been focused almost entirely on Idaho’s pandemic response since February 2020.

Dr. Christopher Ball is the laboratory bureau chief for the Division of Public Health, Bureau of Laboratories, where he serves as the laboratory director and clinical consultant. Dr. Ball is certified in molecular diagnostics by the American Board of Bioanalysis and serves as co-chair of the Governor’s Coronavirus Testing Task Force. Since February 2020, he has been focusing on providing testing, developing guidance, and expanding testing capacity to support Idaho’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Shane Leach is the administrator of the Division of Welfare. He has worked for the department since 2006 and was promoted to administrator in August 2021. He began working for the department in the Information Management Analysis Team, primarily supporting the Child Support program, and transitioned into supporting all data analysis and reporting needs for the Self-Reliance programs. In his previous role as deputy administrator for Self-Reliance, Shane oversaw and directed several elements for all division programs including budgeting, forecasting program participation, maintaining quality control for benefit programs, and contract development. Shane was born and raised in Idaho. He earned a bachelor’s degree  from Montana State University and his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix.