Geri Kemper Seeley

Geri Kemper Seeley is the Program Manager for Applied Public Health at GWSPH. She oversees the Applied Public Health experiences for MPH students by coordinating with departmental staff to ensure the delivery of a unified practice mission across GWSPH, while engaging in community outreach and engagement. She supports the NACCHO Student Chapter as their Programming Advisor, is the MPH Coverdell Fellows advisor, and is the co-investigator for the GWSPH Scholar's Program. Prior to taking on the Program Manager role, she managed the Applied Public Health and workforce development experiences for the school's Global Health students.

Additionally, Geri brings experience working on domestic public health research projects to implementing Global Health programming at a grassroots and international NGO level spanning Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and South Asia. Her work has centered on health systems strengthening, capacity building, and public health workforce development. She is passionate about educating and supporting the current and future public health workforce and she is currently the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) Professional Education and Training Working Group Secretary and a member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Subcommittee on Master's and Undergraduate Degrees in Global Health.

Geri received an MPH from the Colorado School of Public Health in Global Health and Maternal and Child Health, is completing her DrPH in Public Health Leadership and was a Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer in Namibia.