Annie Reed is the executive director of Thriving Schools at Kaiser Permanente where she leads strategic development, oversight, and evaluation of large-scale school-based programs aimed at addressing teacher, staff, and student physical and mental health. She has worked at the intersection of public health and public education for 15 years.
Dr. Reed received her bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College, her master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago, and her doctorate in public health from the University of California, Berkeley where she studied how school districts can leverage nontraditional funding to invest in school-based health initiatives aimed at improving health and academic outcomes.