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Jul 27, 2017
It happens to me each time I take a yoga class. Once I am stretched into a pose and feel like I can’t possibly go any deeper, my instructor tells …
Amanda Guay
Amanda Guay, MPH
Director of Community Health Programs & Services
North Country HealthCare
Master’s in Public Health Promotion and Education with an emphasis in Women’s and Minority Health from Oregon State University
In her role, Amanda oversees and develops community health programming for specific target populations. She has worked with multiple stakeholders from governmental agencies, local officials, community organizations, health departments and Tribes to educational institutions with the goal of conducting health outreach to targeted populations, as well as developing policy to achieve improved health outcomes. Ms. Guay has almost twenty years of experience working with minority and under-served populations and is a native of Flagstaff, Arizona. Prior to working at North Country, Amanda worked with affected communities on efforts to mitigate health impacts of environmental contamination at the state health department in Oregon. She also worked in a county health department and a school district to pass tobacco policy. Her current interests focus on identifying strategies to improve health outcomes by engaging the community on addressing social determinants of health. She serves as the board president for Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona and recently termed off the executive leadership teams for the Flagstaff Leadership Program and the Coconino Regional Partnership Council for First Things First.