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34 Hartford Business Journal • August 5, 2019 • www.HartfordBusiness.com 40 UNDER FORTY 2019 Career focused Flexible Supportive One Riverside Drive East Hartford, Connecticut www.goodwin.edu The Goodwin College family proudly congratulates Ashika Brinkley, our Program Director of Health Sciences and Public Health, on being named one of the 40 Under Forty honorees for 2019. Your dedication to inspiring our students to make the world a healthier place will have a lasting legacy for generations to come. A shika Brinkley is the program director of Health Sciences and Public Health at Goodwin College, a career-focused, nonprofit institution. She is responsible for over 2,000 students, developing curriculum, assessing program outcomes, supervis- ing faculty and cultivating community relationships. Before assuming this role, Brinkley worked as a public-health practitioner in healthcare, research and nonprofit settings, including as the executive director of the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health. What's been your biggest professional accomplishment so far in your career? I'm proudest of my doctoral re- search at UConn that focused on the impact of work stress on the health of community health workers, a vulner- able group of public health workers. My career has consistently focused on improving equity for historically under-represented groups. How are you involved in the community? I am a member of the Institute for Community Research Institutional Review Board and State Innovation Model (SIM) Community Health Worker Advisory board. I also serve on the board of the Connecticut Women's Legal and Education Fund and the United Way of Greater New Haven. What do you like to do outside of work? I enjoy volunteering with organiza- tions that help level the playing field for women and girls. What I most enjoy, however, is time with family, traveling and sharing good food with close friends. Four reasons why you deserve to be a 40 Under Forty: • Designed and managed a major public health program at Goodwin College. • Program director for the largest program at Goodwin College. • Volunteer evaluator at the local, re- gional and national level including as a federal grant reviewer, Public Health Accrediting Board site visi- tor, Higher Learning Commission peer reviewer. • Community volunteer leader: Yale School of Public Health Class Agent, past president of the Junior League of Greater New Haven, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund board vice president. FUN FACT I live in Wethersfield with my hus- band and son. I own Severin Brinkley Consulting LLC. Ashika Brinkley Program Director of Health Sciences and Public Health, Goodwin College Age: 39 Town where I live: Wethersfield Town where I work: East Hartford College: Morgan State University Highest degree: Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Health Who is your favorite superhero? She-Ra