Name
Robyn Scherer
Job Title
Senior Principal Consultant
Company
NYSTEC
Speaker Bio
Robyn Scherer, MPH, CHES, (she/her/hers) has worked in the field of public health for over 15 years and currently works as a Senior Principal Consultant with NYSTEC’s Population Health Strategy Planning & Design Practice, managing project teams that provide consultative services for New York State Department of Health and other agencies in program implementation, strategic planning, and portfolio management focused projects. NYSTEC’s project teams work with the New York State Department of Health and other state agencies to provide program planning, project management, technical support, data analysis, organizational change management, digital training support, and more. Prior to NYSTEC, Robyn had several roles at Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan as a Health Promotion Specialist providing health education and wellness services to large employer groups, as a Population Health Specialist working on quality improvement initiatives across different populations, and as the Manager of State Programs Outreach overseeing a community outreach team that helped individuals obtain and retain their health insurance. Previous roles have included working as a Project Coordinator in a community health worker-focused program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and working as a Public Health Educator in the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Robyn holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan with a concentration in Health Behavior and Health Education and a Certified Health Education Specialist credential through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.