Dr. Shenita R. Freeman is a health information and management systems leader who has significant experience directing analytic teams in the federal, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors on work related to health care quality improvement, modernization, and information governance. Dr. Freeman is known for using technology to support strategic decision making, process and outcomes improvement, and operational excellence in the public health sector with a focus on under-resourced and under-nourished organizations.
Dr. Freeman currently serves as director of the Solutions Leadership practice at Mathematica, where she leads health technology professionals developing innovative data and technology solutions across federal, state, foundation, and commercial markets. Previously, she held a dual role as Georgia Tech Research Institute Health Emerging and Advanced Technologies Division chief scientist and chief technology strategy officer for the Georgia Department of Public Health, where she helped translate national data and technology modernization goals into local public health action. Similarly, Dr. Freeman has developed and influenced the use of data, automation, and data visualization in the historically underserved domain of correctional health care.
Dr. Freeman serves as governing councilor for the American Public Health Association, where she co-authored a chapter on health information systems for healthy aging through the social determinants of health. Dr. Freeman has earned master’s degrees in public health epidemiology (University of Colorado) and health informatics administration (University of Maryland Global Campus), and a doctorate in cybersecurity (Marymount University).
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