McKinley joins the Alliance with over five years of experience managing large-scale programs, national events, and developing public health programs. She began working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), first as a field assignee to the Mississippi State Department of Health in Jackson, Mississippi, where she worked with the Women and Children’s Health. She then joined the Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program, where she managed 16 grantees over two years.
She graduated from Ithaca College with a B.S. in Public and Community Health, where she studied how to analyze the social, economic, and environmental factors that impact health and develop strategies to address key issues. She is excited to continue working through advocacy, education, and research with the Alliance.
