Marlene Tappe is Professor and Former Chair, Department of Health Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where she has served since 2005.  She has some 40 years of experience in school health education and has served as an expert and advisor to many CDC and HHS initiatives and publications. Dr. Tappe received her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois-Champaign, and her undergraduate degree from Minnesota State University in school health education and physical education.