Lester, Debbie, LMSW, MS

Debbie Lester is the Chief Quality and Social Impact Program Officer at Urban Health Plan. She heads up the quality division and directs the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health, an internal quality improvement (QI) institute and an innovation arm of Urban Health Plan.

In partnership with Directors of Social Services, Nutrition, Health Education and Care Management, Debbie created a robust organizational infrastructure that addresses the social determinants of health through integrated support services and innovative patient programs at health center sites. She is a contributor to the quality improvement implementation guide developed by NACHC in 2007 and has co-authored three published articles on health care quality improvement.