Mona Bormet, MPH, CHES - Policy Chair

Mona Bormet, MPH, CHES, a community advocate, has a passion for many things, including public health. Her most recent foray into the public health field was as Advocacy Program Specialist for the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), where she focused on national policy efforts to improve data collection and analysis for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations. She also planned/implemented policy/advocacy trainings, action alerts, advocacy days and meetings between health advocates and Congressional members/staff, while providing technical assistance to partner organizations.

Prior to joining APIAHF, Ms. Bormet was the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Health Policy Fellow for Congresswoman Lois Capps of California. Her areas of focus were heart disease and stroke, comprehensive cancer care, school health and childhood obesity issues, and the Ryan White CARE (spell out acronym) Act Reauthorization. She helped develop and advance legislation while also supporting the Congresswoman's numerous health care caucuses and committee hearings.

Before her work on Capitol Hill, Ms. Bormet interned at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, where she evaluated the Heart Disease and Stroke State Plans and conducted literature reviews related to emergency medical services and obesity issues. Ms. Bormet earned a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. As Student Senate President, she served as a voice between graduate students and members of the administration, other professional schools, and public health community members. She also worked for the Minnesota Department of Health Diabetes Program conducting qualitative data analysis, the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans as a policy/advocacy intern at the Minnesota State Capitol and for the Minnesota Asian/American Health Coalition as a research assistant on a community based participatory research project.

Mona was born and raised in the southern suburbs of Chicago and is a White Sox fan!

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