MIRANDA WILLIAMS, MPH
Miranda Williams is originally from the Oregon coast and is an enrolled member of the Siletz Tribe. She has three sons — Sequoyah, Denali, and Nakoa — and two daughters, Priah and Yanabaa. She previously worked in Navajo Area Indian Health Service as a Supervisory Public Health Advisor from 2011 to 2022, where she advocated on local and national levels for culturally tailored diabetes services for the Navajo people and led efforts to transform diabetes care. In 2022, Miranda returned to Oregon to work for her tribe as the Executive Health Director at the Siletz Community Health Clinic, where she is focused on expanding existing projects and services to elevate healthcare for her tribal community. Miranda has 20 years of combined experience in public health and clinical care systems, program development, implementation, and evaluation to enhance and advance Indian healthcare and services. Her systematic program work has blended public health and clinical medicine to effectively meet the needs of American Indian populations. Miranda received a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from Arizona State University and a Master of Public Health (with a focus in Management of Health Systems) from the University of Liverpool. She is a HEAL Initiative Fellow (2016–2018) and a University of California San Francisco Global Health Fellow.