Heidi Romans Nelson
Vice President and Executive Director of Heartland Health
Outreach, Inc.
Ms.
Nelson is responsible for program development, funding support, advocacy
on behalf of the populations served by Heartland Health Outreach,
and representing Heartland Health Outreach at the local, state, and
national level.
Previously, Ms. Nelson was with Northwestern Memorial Hospital in
Chicago where she served in a number of administrative roles, including
Assistant Vice President, Assistant Vice President for Support Services
and Director of Professional Services.
Currently, Ms. Nelson is the Chair of the Board of Managers of the
Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, an integrated service
delivery network of community health centers in Chicago. She serves
on numerous other local committees and councils that address health
issues related to homelessness and poverty. She is a member of the
local district health council, and is on the board of the Chicago
Continuum of Care, and the board of the national Communities Advocating
for Emergency AIDS Relief Foundation. Ms. Nelson also serves as adjunct
faculty at Northwestern University, where she teaches health policy.
Ms. Nelson received her masters degree in health services administration
from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1985, and
remained in Ann Arbor for two years as the Fellow in Academic Medical
Center Administration at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
Her bachelors degree is in Community Health Education from the University
of Illinois.
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