Community Catalyst
Orla Kennedy is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Substance Use Disorders team, working to improve treatment access, build community support systems, increase access to services and expand incarceration alternative programs.
Orla has experience in policy research and analysis, stakeholder engagement, and technical assistance. Her experience in health advocacy includes maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS as well as gun violence prevention. She has worked at John Snow, Inc., Harvard School of Public Health and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Orla brings her public health perspective to Community Catalyst, and is passionate about health equity and improving health outcomes for underserved populations.
Orla has a Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s from Providence College.
Community Catalyst works to ensure consumer interests are represented wherever important decisions about health and the health system are made: in communities, courtrooms, statehouses, and on Capitol Hill.
Community Catalyst
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Community Catalyst is a national non-profit advocacy organization working to build consumer and community leadership to transform the American health system. Their first priority is quality, affordable health care for all and to ensure that all individuals and communities sustain the power to influence local, state and national decisions that affect their health. Since 1998, they have provided leadership and support to consumer organizations, policymakers and foundations working to ensure the health care system serves everyone – especially historically marginalized communities.