Lisa Macon Harrison, M.P.H.

Board President, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Lisa Macon Harrison has been the director of the Granville Vance District Health Department in North Carolina since 2012. Her previous roles in North Carolina public health thread through research, practice, advocacy, and policy development. Lisa has been a member of the public health field for over 23 years and has served as director of the Office of Healthy Carolinians and Health Education at the North Carolina Division of Public Health, led the Public Health Incubator Collaboratives Program at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, and directed the Southeast Public Health Leadership Institute (SEPHLI) at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health where she continues to stay connected as adjunct faculty in the Public Health Leadership Program. In 2015, Lisa served as the North Carolina Public Health Association president where she continues to stay involved connecting public health research and practice. As NACCHO Board President, Lisa represents NACCHO and its members in matters of policy, public health practice, and collaboration with health partners in the public and private sectors.