Breannon is a public health executive, health equity strategist, and nonprofit leader with more than 17 years of experience designing, scaling, and leading complex health initiatives that improve outcomes across communities nationwide. She specializes in translating bold ideas into sustainable programs by building cross-sector partnerships, developing high-performing teams, and creating operating models that enable organizations to achieve measurable impact.
As Executive Director of Healthier Together, Babbel leads a national initiative advancing community-centered health communication through trusted relationships, shared infrastructure, and partnerships among community organizations, researchers, healthcare organizations, and philanthropic leaders. She is responsible for the organization's strategic direction, implementation model, partnership development, and learning agenda, helping build a scalable national approach that strengthens community capacity and supports informed health decision-making.
Previously, Babbel served as Project Director at the CDC Foundation, where she provided strategic and operational leadership for one of the largest public health workforce initiatives in U.S. history. She oversaw a $220 million national program that grew from five to more than 3,000 staff in five months, supporting workforce deployment across 91 state, local, and tribal public health jurisdictions. Throughout her career, she has successfully led multimillion-dollar grant portfolios, developed national implementation frameworks, and partnered with healthcare systems, community organizations, Tribal Nations, and federal agencies to strengthen public health infrastructure and advance health equity.
Breannon began her career conducting research on health inequalities. She holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow, as well as Master of Public Health and Master of Public Policy degrees from Oregon State University.
Based in Colorado, Breannon spends as much time in the mountains as possible hiking, skiing, and biking with her husband, two boys, and cattle dog, Rosie.
