Biography
Marta Elisa Moret is adjunct professor of public health and human services at Southern Connecticut State University. She is president of Urban Policy Strategies, LLC, an association of African and Latina research and policy women consultants who conduct community-based research. Previously, Ms. Moret served as the director of programs for Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, where she designed and implemented evaluations of federal demonstration programs. She was also deputy commissioner for the State of Connecticut Department of Social Services, administering programs in child care, welfare, and Medicaid. She worked with legislators, policy leaders, and philanthropists to reorganize state and federally funded services and built theory-based, outcome-driven systems of integrated, family-focused services. Ms. Moret earned her MPH from the Yale School of Public Health. She is interim chair of the board of directors of StoryCorps, president of The Campaign School at Yale University, and member of the board of directors for the New Alliance Foundation.