Trisha Kumar, MPH
(she/her)
Community Health Manager
tkumar@willamettehealthcouncil.org
Trisha has over ten years of experience in the non-profit and healthcare sectors, where she has been led by her passions for community self-determination, good data, and responsive action. She joined the Willamette Health Council team as the Community Health Manager in April 2023. She is passionate about contributing to a healthcare environment that promotes thriving instead of surviving. On behalf of the health council and the Marion-Polk CCO, she collaborates with local health system partners and organizations, through the Marion-Polk Community Health Collaborative (M-P CHC), to lead the development and implementation of the Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), focusing primarily on initiatives working to improve Access to Healthcare, Housing Stability, and Mental Health & Substance Use. She sits on the Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance’s Health & Safety Committee, and staffs the M-P CHC’s Tribal Engagement Workgroup.
Prior to the health council, she worked as a Hatfield Fellow for The Malden Collective, program evaluator for the Doernbecher Gender Clinic, and medical scribe. After receiving her BA with a major in Biology and a minor in Theatre with a focus in dance from Lewis & Clark College, she attended the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health to receive her Master’s in Public Health in Health Systems Management & Policy. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble, the Lewis & Clark Young Alumni Association, and as a Certified Yoga Teacher volunteering in spaces like the Bybee Lakes Hope Center. Though she was born and raised in California, she has fallen in love with the Pacific Northwest and has called it home since 2012, where in her spare time she enjoys birding, social dancing, and sewing. She currently resides in Portland, with her husband, daughter, and retired racing greyhound.
