Heather Mead Kim, BA

Summary

Heather Mead Kim is the Operations Director for the Center for Interprofessional Health. In this role, Heather provides operational leadership to support collaboration, engagement, and alignment across key stakeholder groups and partner organizations, including the schools and programs that participate in the University of Minnesota's 1Health interprofessional education curriculum, the many health professions students we serve, and beyond! Heather has played a key role in managing the ongoing advancement and evolution of the 1Health interprofessional education curriculum and has led the development of a data management system to track 1Health participant enrollment and evaluation data to inform future growth and improvement.  Additionally, Heather has a background working closely with colleagues involved in community-based education coordination and student services to problem-solve complex issues that affect multiple health professional schools and programs.

Heather grew up in Park Rapids, Minnesota, and received her bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of Minnesota Duluth.  She completed a certificate in Project Management through the University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education in 2013, and completed another certificate in Organization Development in 2017.