In this episode of Her Leading Story, Julie Artis interviews Dr. Cora Neumann, Chief Community Health Officer for the Native American Development Corporation and current candidate for Montana State Senate. With a career spanning public health, international diplomacy, and political activism, Cora shares how she navigated the challenges of balancing a career in service and with the needs of her family. From founding the First Ladies Initiative to working with rural and indigenous communities, Cora always leads with a focus on community needs - building initiatives together from the ground up.
Key Takeaways:
- The importance of building community, especially when starting from scratch in unfamiliar environments.
- The power of following your passion, focusing on what your community needs, and being open to unexpected opportunities.
- How Cora founded the First Ladies Initiative to empower female leaders across Africa, and grew it into a global alliance working serving more than 70 first ladies around the world.
Cora Neuman’s bio:
Dr. Cora Neumann is a public health practitioner, policy advocate and non-profit strategist. Cora has over twenty years of experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, including working at the U.S. State Department, the RAND Corporation, the Montana Public Health Institute, the Bush Institute, Care. com, and the World Health Organization. She currently serves as Chief Community Health Officer for the Native American Development Corporation. Throughout her career, she has designed strategies and brought together local, Tribal and national leaders to deliver quality, accessible health care and social services to underserved communities. In 2009, Cora launched the Global First Ladies Alliance in partnership with the offices of First Ladies Laura Bush and Michelle Obama, and has worked with more than 70 first ladies around the world to support their delivery of critical social services to their populations. Cora brings her sense of public service to her professional life, including serving on the board of Columbia University School of Public Health, Nitsiniikookit - a storytelling non-profit led by award-winning Blackfeet filmmakers Ivan and Ivy MacDonald, serving as a former regional Vice President of the Montana Public Health Association, and she is currently running for public office. Cora has a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University and doctorate in public health and development from the University of Oxford (topic: revitalization of Indigenous knowledge for public health). Cora grew up and is based in Bozeman, Montana surrounded by four generations of family, from her grandmother to her two children.
You can connect with Cora on her website, on Facebook, on LinkedIn, and on Instagram.
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