Project Director
National Academy for State Health Policy
Carrie Hanlon is project director at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), where she analyzes state policies designed to improve population health and advance health and racial equity, particularly for pregnant or parenting individuals and young children. She leads research and provides technical assistance to states. Focus areas include Medicaid payment, care delivery, and performance measurement strategies to promote access to high-quality perinatal care, consider social determinants of health, and align systems to promote whole person care, including oral health. Prior to joining NASHP in 2007, Carrie was a planning and research associate at the Maine Quality Forum, a division of Maine’s Dirigo Health Agency devoted to health care quality improvement. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Elmira College, Carrie holds a master’s degree in public policy from the George Washington University.