73: Academic and Healthcare Executive at Dignity Health Global Education with Geoffrey M. Roche, MPA

Interview with Geoffrey Roche, MPA

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Highlights from this episode:

1. Serving as a Senior Vice President at Dignity Health Global Education
2. Utilizing a Master of Public Administration in the health care and public health spaces
3. Becoming involved in national conversations around health equity, rural health, and public health
4. Using Healthcare Leadership Certificate to bolster qualifications

Episode 73 of Public Health Careers

Geoffrey Roche, MPA is the Senior Vice President at Dignity Health Global Education. He is an expert in driving continuous success and development of healthy communities, networking and partnering with key officials and leaders, and producing multiple innovative programs

Geoffrey got his Bachelors of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Moravian University. During his time here he had a Junior internship on Capitol Hill and as a Government Relations Intern at Lehigh Valley Network.

After graduating, he became the Director Public and Government Affairs/Community Health/Business Development at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Ponoco. During this time he started and finished his Master of Public Administration at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. He was also a Rural Health Fellow at the National Rural Health Association.

Geoffrey then went on to become Vice President Strategic Initiatives and Secretary of the College at Lebanon Valley College. He shifted into the role as Executive Director of at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Geoffrey has recently gotten his Certificate in Healthcare Leadership at Duke University. Geoffrey has since shifted into a Corporate Faculty, Population Health Team since starting his latest role as Senior Vice President at Dignity Health Global Education.

Geoffrey serves on both the National Health Equity Task Force as well as was a Fellow at the National Leadership Academy for Public Health.