Kate Dupont Phillips

Kate Dupont Phillips, MPH, is the inaugural Executive Director of Healthy Communities Delaware, a network of communities and investors working together to improve health, well-being and equity across Delaware. She facilitates public and private investment in community-led efforts to improve the Vital Conditions for Well-Being/Social Determinants of Health with the goal of all people and places thriving--no exceptions. Kate has a B.S.Ed. in from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Public Health degree from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Prior to this role, Kate worked at Nemours Children’s Health System, Division of Health & Prevention Services for 14 years. There her focus was on creating healthy environments where children live, learn, and play, specifically through policy, systems and environmental change. Kate has worked with community coalitions, out-of-school-time providers, early childhood education, and community-based organizations, and her main interest is in systems change to advance health equity and social justice.