As Chief of Staff, Amanda Schiessl, MPP, supports the CEO, Senior VP and senior leadership to drive the organization’s goals and strategic initiatives forward, while maintaining day-to-day functionality across departments.

Since 2018, Amanda serves as the Project Director of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) National Training and Technical Assistance Partner (NTTAP) on Clinical Workforce Development, Amanda leads work in creating, implementing, and executing free innovative training and technical assistance (T/TA) nationally to health centers and look-alikes. Amanda project-managed Community Health Center, Inc.’s (CHCI) statewide COVID-19 testing efforts in collaboration with the State of Connecticut, and served as the site lead for Connecticut’s first mass vaccination drive-through clinic, supporting efforts to design, launch and innovate workflows and processes for mass vaccinations. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, Amanda served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer. Amanda started at CHCI as the first Interprofessional Student Coordinator. Her diverse background in higher education provided her with the skills to develop systems needed to support efforts to train the next generation of health care professionals including two HRSA grant partnerships with affiliated academic institutions with the objectives of providing comprehensive didactic and clinical experiences that prepare students to deliver effective integrated care services upon graduation within complex health settings for medically underserved communities.

Amanda completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health at the University of Connecticut and received a Masters of Public Policy degree with a Health Policy concentration from Trinity College.