Zipatly V. Mendoza
Senior Consultant
Health Management Associates
Atlanta, GA
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Zipatly V. Mendoza has more than 15 years of program management experience and a demonstrated ability to administer public health and health policy initiatives at the local, state, regional, and territorial levels. She has extensive experience in grants management, policy analysis, strategic planning, community engagement and outreach, community partnership development, and public-private partnership development.
Before joining HMA, Zipatly served as the director of Latino leadership and engagement at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She served as a senior advisor, managed national partnerships and provided technical assistance to Planned Parenthood affiliates, advancing health policies, communication strategies, and health equity initiatives to address the social determinants of health in the Latino community.
As a senior program officer with the CDC Foundation, Zipatly managed the Zika Contraception Access Network, an innovative reproductive health project in Puerto Rico created in response to the Zika public health emergency. She worked in partnership with local officials and organizations including the local health department, the primary care association, federally qualified health centers, pharmaceutical entities, local community-based organizations, and program participants to develop, implement, and evaluate the project.
Zipatly previously served as director of the Health Assessment and Promotion Department at the DeKalb County Board of Health (DCBOH) in Georgia. In this role, she developed and implemented population health strategies, utilizing community-centered approaches to prevent chronic and infectious diseases, childhood injuries, and youth violence. Prior to her work with DCBOH, Zipatly was the office chief for the Arizona Health Disparities Center, where she served as the state minority health director. She developed and coordinated the statewide health equity agenda and implemented innovative strategies to advance health equity.
Zipatly earned a Master of Public Health in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Science degree in health sciences with an emphasis in community health education from the University of Arizona.