Deborah Garneau, MA

Deborah Garneau serves as RI’s Maternal and Child Health Director at the RI Department of Health. Her expertise includes aligning systems, addressing structural drivers of health, incorporating authentic community engagement in all phases of public health programs, fortifying community-based workforces, and leading initiatives that strategically plan and monitor systems change with an equity lens.

Her programmatic interests are in achieving equity for MCH populations, especially perinatal individuals, and children with special needs. She worked as a mental health clinician and administrator within child welfare prior to state service.