2018 Results for Health Conference
Using Results-Based Accountability to Strengthen Health Improvement
May 16-18 2018
Crowne Plaza Resort | Asheville, North Carolina
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Heather K. Gates, MPH
Owner and Consultant
Hkg Public Health Projects, LLC
Ms. Gates is the former Executive Director of WNC Health Network, Inc., an alliance of hospitals across a 16-county region, working together and with partners to improve health and healthcare. The Network exists to convene, connect, and support hospitals and their partners across western North Carolina. Among other priorities, their current strategy includes supporting WNC Healthy Impact, a regionally coordinated process and partnership between public health and hospitals across the region to improve capacity for collective impact. In her role, Ms. Gates supports health leaders and teams in creating and implementing collaborative paths forward…through complexity.
Ms. Gates has lived in western North Carolina for almost ten years, initially working as an independent public health consultant. She has served in various roles in North Carolina focused on collaborative health improvement since 2005 when she received her Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in Health Behavior and Health Education from UNC Chapel Hill.