Laura B. Landrum

Special Projects Director
Illinois Public Health Institute

Laura B. Landrum is special projects director for the Illinois Public Health Institute.  The Institute is a multi-sectoral non-governmental organization working to improve the Illinois public health system and was originally funded by the Turning Point initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  Since 2000, she has served as coordinator of Turning Point’s Performance Management National Excellence Collaborative. 

In addition to her Turning Point work, Ms. Landrum works as a consultant to ASTHO (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials) on state public health performance standards.  Through her work with ASTHO, Laura has worked extensively with states that are organizing a performance assessment and improvement processes.

Laura is an instructor of community health assessment and policy development courses at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.  Ms. Landrum began her public health career in local health planning agencies, with much of that work as director of planning for the City of Chicago Health Systems Agency.   She was with the Illinois Department of Public Health for sixteen years, where she served for ten years as Deputy Director.  She is now retired from state service. 

Ms. Landrum is a Board member of the Public Health Leadership Society and is currently serving as Chair of the National Network of Public Health Institutes.  Ms. Landrum has a master’s degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.