Ron Bialek, MPP
President, Public Health Foundation

Mr. Ron Bialek, MPP, is President and CEO of the Public Health Foundation (PHF).  Under his leadership over the past 12 years, PHF has focused its efforts on developing and implementing innovative strategies for improving performance of public health agencies and systems.  Initiatives include creating AARO – the Alliance for Achieving Results and Outcomes – to provide quality improvement technical support, tools and training to public health professionals: developing the consensus set of Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals through the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; creating the Nation’s most comprehensive public health learning management system – TRAIN – linking together 23 states and the U.S. Medical Reserve Corps; and developing consumer-oriented county health profiles – the Community Health Status Indicators initiative – for all counties in the U.S.

Before joining PHF, Mr. Bialek was on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health for nine years and served as Director of the Johns Hopkins Health Program Alliance.  He also spent three years in the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Health Regulation.  Mr. Bialek received his BA in Political Science and MA in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University.