Jodi Anthony, M.P.H.
Senior Policy Associate

Jodi Anthony serves as a Policy Associate for HSR's contract with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to provide technical assistance in systems building and related areas to over 60 Early Childhood Comprehensive System grantees. Her other area of work is the evaluation of the Food Stamp Nutrition Education program. Ms. Anthony provides expertise in the areas of program development, evaluation, and technical assistance. Her experience includes work in sexual and reproductive health and rights, nutritional epidemiology and food security, and perinatal and early childhood health. Ms. Anthony had the opportunity to work throughout South Asia and Latin America, where she facilitated trainings and provided technical assistance in creating effective programs for young people and participatory learning for action. Furthermore, she has experience in both qualitative and quantitative evaluation.

Prior to joining HSR, Ms. Anthony managed Maternal Child Health home visiting programs for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, where she provided technical assistance and management oversight to approximately 40 perinatal health partner agencies. She worked closely with providers, coalitions and families to develop and manage programs. Ms. Anthony holds a master's of public health in nutritional epidemiology and food security from Tulane University.