Director of Programs
CHC: Creating Helthier Communities
Adelaide “Adele” Appiah is a public health practitioner who
approaches her career as a changemaker in the maternal health field
by centering the voices and experiences of Black women and birthing
people. In this vein, she has acquired over ten years of experience
managing grantmaking initiatives and implementing grant-funded
programs to advance maternal health outcomes. Adele’s passion for
her work is rooted in her own maternal health journey and challenges
navigating the maternal health care system. Her career goal is to
improve the birthing outcomes of Black people through birth equity
and by dismantling oppressive systems in maternal and reproductive
care.