Connie Brooks

Connie J. Brooks is Senior Director, Access Ministries at Ascension Health. Ms. Brooks is responsible for providing leadership to the Access Team in the development of resources for access initiatives and support for local access coalitions as they strive to achieve 100 percent access.

Ms. Brooks has more than thirty years of healthcare experience, with a commitment to public health and health disparities as the cornerstone of her career. Prior to joining Ascension Health, Ms. Brooks served in executive leadership positions with the State of Illinois Departments of Human Services and Public Health, as well as with local health departments and federally qualified health centers. Her career began as a public health nurse in her hometown of East St. Louis, Ill. She is also a nurse practitioner, with a Masters in Public Health. She has served as president of the Illinois Public Health Association, one of the largest affiliates of the American Public Health Association, and is a fellow of the University of Illinois Public Health Leadership Institute.

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