Robin Wilcox
Associate Director

Robin Wilcox's appointment as Associate Director of PHAB follows a career of leadership and innovation in the public health arena in many different venues, including non-profits and state and local health departments and coalitions. As a member of the Coordinating Council of the Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities, Robin was a national leader for healthy communities and a founding co-chair of both the Coalition's Progress Measures Action Team and the States' Network. She also served as Vice President of the Pennsylvania Institute for Healthy Communities and a Vice President for Community Health of the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council, developing the first synthesis of literature on social capital as a determinant of health and authoring a series of articles on the importance of social capital for individuals and healthy communities.

Previously, as Director of Programs for Safe Kids Worldwide, Robin developed child injury prevention programs and increased media attention on the subject by creating a summer-safety states' report card. She also served as the Vice President of Community Health at Texas Health Resources, guiding efforts to improve communities' health and educating leaders on the importance of community benefit programs.

Among Robin's other accomplishments are serving as a community public health consultant, directing the promotion of the School of Public Health at MCP Hahnemann University, and serving as the Executive Director of a five-county health policy and planning agency in southern New Jersey. She also worked in the Pennsylvania Department of Health for many years in positions that included Acting Deputy Secretary for Community Health and Director of the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation. She is also a past president of the Pennsylvania Public Health Association.

She has also published several articles in places such as the Public Health Reports journal and given presentations about community health and community benefit to national audiences at public health conferences. Robin received her master's in public administration from the Pennsylvania State University.