Andrea Heyward, MHS, MCHES

Director, Community Health Worker Institute
University of South Carolina—Center for Community Health Alignment (CCHA)

With a passion for health equity and more than a decade of experience working in the public health and healthcare sectors, Andrea Heyward has supported the efforts of numerous community-based and healthcare organizations providing expertise in the areas of community health, rural health, integration of evidence- based models to include the CHW model. Andrea holds a Master of Science degree in Health Education and Health Communication from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Areas of expertise: health education, grant writing and reviewing, quality improvement coaching andtraining, program management, technical assistance