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Michael E. Rhein, MPA For nearly 20 years, Michael Rhein has worked on the local, regional and national levels to improve public health and social justice, with a particular focus on reducing health disparities and strengthening community health services, systems and public policy. Mr. Rhein’s work has included advising, supporting and partnering with government, foundations and corporate funders; designing and directing national grant-making initiatives; providing technical assistance to community-based organizations; creating and facilitating group learning experiences; coalition building; public policy advocacy; program evaluation and organizational development. Mr. Rhein joined CommonHealth ACTION as Senior Vice President in 2010, after serving for nine years with the National AIDS Fund (NAF), most recently as Vice President of Programs. At NAF, Mr. Rhein directed all national grantmaking and community investment; oversaw programmatic activities, including extensive technical assistance activities and a national AmeriCorps program; and played a lead role in cultivating and maintaining collaborations with national and local funding partners. Under Mr. Rhein’s leadership, NAF’s annual national grantmaking nearly quadrupled as it launched multiple major national initiatives to address critical challenges in the modern HIV/AIDS epidemic. From 1996 - 2001, Michael managed grantmaking and technical assistance activities for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s National Program Office of the Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health initiative, based at the National Association of County & City Health Officials. Turning Point was an unprecedented private sector investment in community health that included 41 diverse local sites and 22 states engaged in strategic planning and collaborative action to create more responsive public health systems. Prior to Turning Point, Mr. Rhein was involved in local public health and community organizing work in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, including leading a community health needs assessment in West L.A., partnering with community groups in South Central L.A. to increase inner-city food access, and coordinating regional substance use and mental health programs and public policy activities with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Mr. Rhein holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
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