Dr. Amanda Garcia-Williams is a social scientist and health educator with over 15 years of experience in public health, 10 of which are at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She is a graduate of CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service and has led dozens of mixed-methods research and evaluation projects focused on violence prevention, hygiene promotion, enteric disease prevention, and disability and health. She has extensive experience in complex project management, serving as a Project Officer on multi-million-dollar research and practice portfolios. Dr. Garcia-Williams holds a B.S. in Biology from Tuft University, and an M.P.H and Ph.D. in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Emory University.