McKenzie Liegel

McKenzie Liegel is the Program Specialist with the New to Public Health Residency Program. She received her Masters in Public Health with a focus in Community Health from East Tennessee State University and her BS in Biology from UW Madison. Prior to joining the N2PH team, McKenzie was with the UW Population Health Institute where she worked as a coach for communities across Wisconsin to help them implement policy, systems, and environmental changes and improve health equity. She also focused on public health workforce development and training.

McKenzie has previous experience in local governmental public health, working as a Population Health Service Fellow at two LHDs in rural Wisconsin. In her time as a Fellow, she focused on the CHA/CHIP process, COVID-19 response and communications, accreditation, coalition building, and implementing health equity training for staff. She has also served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Appalachian Tennessee, worked on COVID-19 response with WI Department of Health Services, and provided technical assistance around substance misuse for the Opioid Response Network.