Cheryl Garfield, Chief Programs Officer

Advocating for community health workers for movement in policy and practice.  Lead development and dissemination of Integrity guardrails.  

Cheryl Garfield is a Lead CHW Community Engagement Specialist for the Penn Center for Community Health Workers. During her nine years with the organization, she has directly served over 1,000 historically underserved patients. She has 29 years of experience in social service. 

Cheryl has held leadership roles in several community organizations including Together West Philadelphia. She has helped to develop the training requirements for community health workers in Pennsylvania as a Subject Matter Expert as part of a statewide steering committee on community health worker certification. She is a preceptor for a nationally recognized training program focused on teaching health professional students to recognize and address the social determinants of health that are a joint effort with the Perelman School of Medicine and the center. She is a member of the National Community Health Workers organization and Member of the PACHW Collaborative 

Currently, Cheryl is helping to lead a small workgroup with several national organizations to design policies and advocacy for community health workers across the US. Her work has been featured by U.S. News, Health Affairs, Kaiser Health News and a book by Dr. Zeke Eman