President & CEO
CommonHealth ACTION
BOWIE, Maryland, United States
Natalie S, Burke, President & CEO, CommonHealth ACTION
A nationally known speaker, “equity evangelist,” organizational strategist, master facilitator, and public health leader – since 2004 Natalie has provided executive leadership for CommonHealth ACTION whose mission is to develop people and organizations to produce health through equitable policies, programs, and practices. As an advisor to institutional executives; government and philanthropic leaders; communities aspiring to change, and everyone in between—Natalie guides people and organizations to solutions, plans, and common language necessary to succeed and make the world a more equitable and healthy place. As a strategist she focuses on strengthening the connective tissue that forms those organizations (i.e., people in relationship).
In addition to leading CommonHealth ACTION, Natalie serves as co-director for the Robert Wood Johnson funded Culture of Health Leaders National Program Center; she directed the Baltimore-based, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Equitable Leadership from; and she also serves on the Equity Advisory Group for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Since the mid-90s, she has held leadership positions focused on creating opportunities for health through community, organizational, and systemic change.
A graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in Government and Politics, Natalie has participated in the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Fellowship (hosted by the University of North Carolina’s Schools of Business and Public Health) and New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service Lead the Way Fellowship for entrepreneurial leaders in the nonprofit sector.
Throughout her career, she has sought to understand the root causes of ill-health including the delicate interactions of personal behaviors and the systems that provide the contexts within which we live our lives and make our decisions. This framework informed the development of CommonHealth ACTION’s nationally recognized Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Training Institute and Foundations of EDI online course.
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Saturday, March 19, 2022
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CDT