Emily Speck is an environmental health specialist who graduated from Kent State's College of Public Health.

As a 2017 graduate of Kent State University’s College of Public Health, Emily Speck puts her education and skills to work as a registered environmental health specialist in Portage County, testing stormwater and making sure private water systems are safe.  During the COVID-19 pandemic Speck, who works for the Portage County Combined General Health District, and many others in her field throughout the state and across the country, took on added duties related to the crisis.   The shortage of environmental health specialists accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic but h...

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