Bio - Heather Champion, Ph.D.

Heather Champion, Ph.D. is an Enterprise Associate at the Center for Creative Leadership. In her role as an Enterprise Associate in CCL's Design and Evaluation Center, she works with CCL staff, clients, and external evaluators to design and conduct customized evaluation efforts for Center programs, products, and services. Her expertise is in program planning and evaluation with an emphasis in the public health sector. Heather is currently working on the evaluation for the Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders program sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the Center for Creative Leadership.

Prior to joining CCL, Heather worked as a Senior Research Associate for over seven years at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy. There she played a key role in a variety of national-level, complex, multi-site program evaluations. She also has served on the board of directors for two, three-year terms for the Adolescent Pregnancy Coalition of North Carolina, a statewide, non-profit organization. She served as the Chair of the board for a two-year term.

Heather received her B.A. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from North Carolina State University. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Adolescent Health in the Department of Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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