Lizzy Schlichting Email & Phone Number

Currently:- Working on values-aligned health policy portfolio related to mental and behavioral Health, SUD and overdose prevention, workforce development, and community and stakeholder engagement.- Supporting state and local government agencies in developing and implementing policies, programs, and practices that are trauma-responsive, healing-centered, and resilience-building.- Deeply passionate about sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice!! Recently:- Worked as Director of Programs and Operations at Bridges To Wealth, seeking to reduce the racial and gender wealth gap in Philadelphia. - Supported the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)'s domestic and global health policy team as a Policy Fellow, focusing on reproductive health, rights, and justice. - Completed a Master of Social Work degree program focused in public policy, certified in Global Human Rights per the United Nations.Always:- Operating from a trauma responsive, human centered, harm reduction lens.- Seeking to learn.- Building community.I am driven by a passion for human-centered responsive research, policies, and programs; my decade-long background in education and advocacy; and a desire to support the realization of health -broadly- as a human right for families, individuals, and communities everywhere. I have experience in grassroots organizing and coalition building, communications and response management, and executive administration. I am also well versed in creative design, website/brand management, and love cooking (eating!) photography (nature!), reading (fantasy!), and travel (when it's not a pandemic!).