Director of Community Outreach and Education
Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County, FL
Lisa Colen has 35 years of experience in hospital and nonprofit education, marketing, training, and administration. During her 20 years at the Healthy Start Coalition, she developed the Zero Exposure, Safe Baby, and Interconceptional Care programs. Additional work includes statewide grant work on behalf of the March of Dimes addressing pregnancy and substance use and Interconceptional Care with mothers of infants in the NICU. She currently serves as the chair for the Hillsborough County Substance Exposed Newborn Task Force. As the Director for Community Outreach and Education, Lisa oversees community outreach at the Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County, including the Safe Baby Plus program, Women and Infant Resource Specialists at WIC, and HealthySteps.