Alumni
Donna K. Henry, MPH, RD
Director, Division of Health Promotion
Tennessee Department of Health
Area of work: Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
Donna is currently the Director of the Division of Health Promotion with the Tennessee Department of Health. In this role, she provides guidance to senior level Department staff, and programmatic and fiscal oversight of the Department's nine community based chronic disease and injury prevention programs.
Donna's previous professional experiences involve leadership roles with local and state level public health agencies, colleges and universities in Louisiana and Georgia in the following areas: population based research, long term geriatric care, maternal and child health; community based chronic disease prevention/health promotion, and clinical public health nutrition services.
Personal Information:
My husband and I are natives of New Orleans, Louisiana who after a few stops along the way have settled in Hendersonville, a developing city just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. We are proud parents of two beautiful, smart, funny and active little girls named Jasmin and Joi. In my leisure time I enjoy reading, music, hanging out with my family and outdoors activities like gardening, soccer, walking and camping.
What I would like to get out of this program:
I would like to enhance my leadership and management skills in the three curriculum domains of the program - human resources, communications and finances. Also I would like to learn strategies for promoting team innovation, diversity and synergy. Finally, I look forward to developing mentoring relationships with faculty, staff and coaches and professional relationships with the other fellows in the 2005 cohort.