Director
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Washington, District of Columbia
Tamanna Patel is director of practice improvement at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. She serves as a program director on a variety of national health equity initiatives focused on the intersection of public health and mental health, addiction and recovery, including the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control; one of eight CDC networks that are nationally working to eliminate tobacco and cancer-related disparities across our nation.
Patel previously served as senior research associate at Georgia Health Policy Center, overseeing and providing training and technical assistance (TTA) to rural, frontier and tribal communities nationally addressing community- identified health issues through programming. Her TTA experience also includes assisting developing collaboratives in identifying strategies to meaningfully engage those with lived experience in their work. In addition, she developed and delivered trainings to funders and other key stakeholders in deepening their understanding of the rural context and health equity in designing programs, policy and research. Patel’s portfolio of work has risen to providing expertise to federal and statewide funders and initiatives by translating key insights and learnings from the field to inform policy, program and research. Patel brings over 14 years of experience to her work including meeting design and facilitation, strategic planning, sustainability planning, applying an adaptive approach while addressing complex issues, partnership development, developing tools and frameworks while applying adult learning principles and supporting others in the design of their initiatives from a continuous learning and equity perspective.
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Sunday, April 10, 2022
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Monday, April 11, 2022
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
