Brianna Clarke-Schwelm is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Global Health Alliance, where she leads efforts to strengthen and connect the state’s vibrant global health ecosystem. In this role, she champions the next generation of global health leaders, fosters cross-sector collaboration, and advocates for North Carolina’s leadership in global health innovation.

 

Brianna brings a deep commitment to community-led development and health equity, shaped by her early work in rural health clinics in Kenya, Honduras, and Panama, and her later roles at The Hunger Project, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health, and InterAct, a domestic and sexual violence service organization in Raleigh, NC.

 

Brianna holds a Master of Public Health in Global Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from Bucknell University. She has made North Carolina her home for nearly a decade and is proudly raising three North Carolinian kiddos alongside her husband, who is an incredibly talented luthier.