The Groundwater Protection act established an advisory committee to provide governance for CHEEC. The act specifies that the committee shall
a. Employ, as a state employee, a full-time director to operate the center. The director shall coordinate the efforts of the heads of each of the major divisions of laboratory analysis, epidemiology and biostatistics, biomedical assays, and exposure modeling and shall also coordinate the efforts of professional and support staff in the operation of the center.
b. Submit an annual report of the activities of the center to the legislative council of the general assembly by January 15 of each year.

The Advisory Committee represents a wide range of expertise and interest from university, and state of Iowa department and agency officials.

Advisory Committee Members

David Bennett, Ph.D.
UI Department of Geography

Trudy Burns, Ph.D.
UI Department of Epidemiology

Jim Ellerhoff
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Kelley Donham, D.V.M.
UI Institute for Rural and Environmental Health

Lois Dusdieker, M.D.
UI Department of Pediatrics

R. William Field, Ph.D.
UI Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

Keri Hornbuckle, Ph.D.
UI Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bernard Hoyer
Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Committee Chair)

Ken Sharp
Iowa Department of Public Health

Don Simmons, Ph.D.
University Hygienic Laboratory