Julia Heany

Julia Heany (she/her) is the Director of the Center for Healthy Communities at MPHI. Her work focuses on improving family wellbeing and supporting children’s development through systems change. Julia’s expertise includes empowerment evaluation, community-based participatory research, and applying performance management and quality improvement methods in the context of public health and human service organizations. She leads a team focused on using community-driven processes to engage partners, assess community needs and assets, evaluate strategies, and learn and improve. Julia serves as principal investigator on several system building initiatives focused on children and families, such as Michigan’s Early Childhood Comprehensive System grant, Title V needs assessment, and Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program. Julia completed her doctorate in community psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2005. She has two amazing children and enjoys running, paddle boarding, photography, and travel.