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Southeast Florida’s Regional Vision and Blueprint for Economic Prosperity
Leda Perez, Ph.D.
Vice President for Health Initiatives
Collins Center for Public Policy
Professional Experience
Areas of Expertise:
Public Policy
Health Decision-Making
Community Development
Leda M. Perez is the Vice President of Health Initiatives at the Collins Center for Public Policy
where she leads efforts to improve decision-making on state and national public policies relating
to health. Dr. Perez also consults for the British government’s Department for International
Development Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA), providing support for Peru, one of
seven pilot countries around the world engaged in MeTA.
Dr. Perez also directed Community Voices Miami, part of a national initiative launched by the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation to improve access to health care for the uninsured and underserved.
Before her leadership of Community Voices Miami in early 1999, Dr. Perez was executive coordinator
for Global Education Associates, focusing on Latin American higher education. She also
assisted the North-South Center in researching and writing on Latin American issues.
Dr. Perez earned her Ph.D. in International Studies with concentrations in Inter-American Affairs
and Development from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Miami
in 1996.
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