Linda Juszczak

Linda Juszczak is ExecutiveDirector of the National Assembly on School Based Health Care (NASBHC) inWashington D.C.  Prior to assuming thisposition, she served as both the Interim Executive Director and Deputy Directorwith responsibility for overseeing the organization’s programmatic work. She isalso responsible for all data, evaluation, and quality improvement work in theorganization. Her 35 years of professional experience include work as a nursepractitioner and a director for hospital, community, and school-based programsfor adolescents. She has also held responsibilities as a faculty member and fordeveloping policies impacting adolescents and School Based Health Centers(SBHC).

Dr. Juszczak received her undergraduate degree from Skidmore College, amaster’s degree in nursing at the University of Colorado, a Pediatric NurseAssociate certificate and master’s in public health from the University ofMinnesota, and a doctorate in nursing from Yale University. She served asDeputy Director of the School Health Policy Initiative at Montefiore MedicalCenter and director of SBHCs at North Shore University Hospital in New York.She was the founding president of the New York Coalition for School BasedPrimary Care and is a founding member and past president of the NASBHC.  Linda’s faculty appointments have been at YaleUniversity, New York University, Cornell University and Albert Einstein Collegeof Medicine. Linda has published extensively on adolescent health and schoolbased health care. She continues to maintain a practice as a pediatric nursepractitioner in adolescent medicine.