JHF Welcomes new Policy Director, Carolyn Byrnes, MPH, CPH

Carolyn Byrnes, MPH, CPH, joins the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) as the organization's policy director. Prior to JHF, she was a senior advisor to the Secretary of Health and Physician General for Pennsylvania. She served as a senior advisor since 2018 and previously as a special assistant. During her time at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Ms. Byrnes worked on a myriad of public health issues, including improving maternal and child health, addressing health equity issues, and responding to the opioid epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic. She is a former member of several government boards and committees, including the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine, the PA Maternal Mortality Review Committee, and the PA Perinatal Quality Collaborative's Advisory Group. She currently serves as the public health leader in residence for the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh, and her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Loyola University Chicago. She is certified in Public Health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.

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