Biography
Dr. Madeleine Ballard is CEO of Community Health Impact Coalition, a global movement making professional community health workers the norm by changing guidelines, funding and policy. Her work alongside the Coalition has been featured in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Lancet.
She played a pivotal role in launching Liberia's first national professional community health worker program while with Last Mile Health. Dr. Ballard holds a PhD from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.She serves on faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, co-chairing the Anti-Racism Task Force at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health.
Dr. Ballard is a recipient of the Roux Prize for her significant contributions to population health. Through research, advocacy, and organizing with community health workers, she's driven policy changes that ensure quality care for millions—including those who provide it. Visit joinchic.org to join the movement.