Director, Division of State and Community Health
Health Resources and Services Administration/ Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Rockville, Maryland
As Director of the Division of State and Community Health (DSCH), Ms. Lawler provides national leadership, direction and administrative oversight for the State Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program. She also provides programmatic oversight for the State Systems Development Initiative (SSDI) Grant Program and three cooperative agreements to advance State and urban MCH leadership. A nutritionist by training, Ms. Lawler served as the Project Officer on Task Orders with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that produced the 2009 Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Re-examining the Guidelines Report and Recommendations and the 2013 workshop summary report on Leveraging Action to Support Dissemination of the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines. Prior to coming to Maternal and Child Health Bureau in 1998, she held a nutritionist position in the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Her previous experience includes work in local public health programs, the private sector and teaching at the university level. She is married and has one son.
Saturday, March 9
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM