JHF Welcomes Aging Initiatives Program Specialist Chelsea Dickson

Chelsea Dickson, MPH will serve as a program specialist on the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's Aging Initiatives team. In her role, she will support the Teaching Nursing Home initiative, Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania, and related aging, communications, and policy efforts. Prior to the Foundation, Dickson completed FleishmanHillard's graduate development program in corporate communications before joining Bliss Integrated Communication, where she worked on communications for a multinational tax, accounting, and consulting firm. At the social impact organization Understood, Chelsea's communications work focused on providing expert-vetted information to individuals with learning disabilities as well as their families, teachers, and employers. This work encompassed media relations, developing content and messaging about special education and disability inclusion, and supporting a bilingual, national awareness campaign for early identification of learning disabilities. She earned her bachelor's degree in English and professional writing from Carnegie Mellon University and her Master of Public Health degree in health policy and management from the University of Pittsburgh.