Mattie Harris – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2023

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Boston College School of Social Work

Undergraduate School
Dillard University

Fellowship
Boston Public Health Commission

Supervisor
Krystal Garcia, Director of Policy, Executive Office of Policy and Planning, BPHC

Mentors
Melissa Threadgill, Director of Strategic Innovation, Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate, 2013 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow and Rappaport Institute Advisory Board member and Buki Sihlongonyane, Boston University School of Public Health and 2022 Rappaport Policy Fellow

Biography
Mattie will work in the Executive Office of the Boston Public Health Commission. Mattie will work at intersections of health equity across various projects, including the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). Additionally, she will work on innovative projects to address mental health disparities