Lynne Cotter is currently a PhD candidate at the UW Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication studying persuasive health communication using data visualization, health informatics, and health technologies.Previously, she spent many years working for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. She has experience designing and using multiple data systems within the state from her work at the Office of Children's Mental Health, and as an analyst with the Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Long Term Care. Prior to joining the State, Lynne received her Master’s in Public Health from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, after which she worked at Epic, and also at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health. Lynne holds expertise in data analytics, data visualization, IT system design, and in supporting people and programs in understanding how best to use data for program and system innovation, evaluation, and improvement. Specialties: Program evaluation, program planning and implementation, IT solutions and system design including requirements and contract management, data and dataset management, data visualization. Content Expertise in: mental health, nutrition, health systems quality improvement, qualitative and quantitative data analysis and data management, survey creation and analysis, claims analysis for improved outcomes, statistical consulting and research. System/Program Expertise: Data Visualization (Tableau, Excel, R), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Statistical Analysis Software (R/RStudio, STATA, SAS)