Suleima Salgado Email & Phone Number

Suleima Salgado, MBA is the Chief Executive Officer for the Global Partnership for Telehealth, a non-profit organization providing simple, affordable, and secure telemedicine solutions for all. In addition, she serves as the Principal Investigator and Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands Telehealth Liaison for the Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center (SETRC) where she works with federal agencies, health systems, health departments, private providers, public schools, colleges/universities, and non-profits to provide technical support and guidance as organizations expand telemedicine programs in underserved areas.Prior to these roles Suleima served as the Director of Telemedicine & Project ECHO for the Georgia Department of Public Health for 15 years where she led various public health initiatives in both Georgia and Florida and managed a $2.4 million budget. In this role she was responsible for setting strategic goals to increase access and bring health equity to underserved areas of the state through collaboration with Georgia’s 159 county health departments. Before transitioning into the telehealth field, Suleima served as the Deputy Director of Communications for the department where she oversaw all aspects of internal and external communications for the Department and its programs and divisions. The division managed all marketing and communications plans, media relations, and vendor relations while guiding health communicators in Georgia’s 18 public health districts. In 2009, Ms. Salgado moved to Georgia to serve as the Director of Communications & Health Promotions/Risk Communicator for the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale County Health Departments where she was the spokesperson for the district and was involved in several health response events such as the H1N1 pandemic, multiple infectious disease outbreaks, vaccine shortages, mosquito-borne illnesses, and various interagency and multi-jurisdictional incidents and disasters.Suleima also serves her community as a Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Gwinnett, and serves as a board member for the Gwinnett Coalition, Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett County, and Medical Reserve Corp- GEM.Strengths: Budget management Collaboration and Innovation Marketing and Branding Partner Engagement Stakeholder Engagement Strategic Planning

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