KS Community Health Worker Coalition

Lorna Miles

Lorna Dean Miles, MBA currently serves on Advisory and Curriculum board for the State of Missouri Community Health Worker (CHW) certification program.  Within this role both as a board member and a CHW, Lorna advocates on behalf of people to exercise their rights and gain access to resources. Her advocacy work involves supporting individuals and the community by bringing awareness to issues impacting health. Lorna also strives to build capacity, because both advocacy and capacity building go hand-in-hand and can help create conditions and build relationships that lead to better health.

Lorna is the Co-Chairperson for the Northeast Alliance Advisory Coalition for the Missouri Office of Minority Health.  The Statewide Minority Health Alliance; serves as a voice of advocacy and advice for the community in identifying and improving minority health status; serves with the purpose of establishing and maintaining meaningful communication on minority health issues; and to develop and submit specific recommendations to the Department of Health and Senior Services that will have a positive impact on minority health and wellness disparities at the local level and statewide.