Myriam Hernendez Jennings -Executive Director
Myriam Hernandez Jennings is one of the founders of Natick is United (NIU) and has been its coordinator since its inception in 2016. She will serve as the first NIU’s Executive Director, a pro-bono position, and will play a leadership role in charting the next phase of the organization in advancing equity and racial justice in Natick. In this role, Myriam will support progressive policy to address critical issues of racial justice and equity such as fair housing, climate change, by coordinating NIU’s work in collaboration with the town’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the members and organizations represented by the Leadership Team, and a diverse range of other groups at the local, regional, and national level.
To her role, Hernandez Jennings brings more than two decades of experience creating strong partnerships, both with local and national health care providers, federal and state funders, systems, and businesses, to address the social, economic, and political factors that impact the health of communities of color, low -income and other excluded communities. This includes being the Director of Equity and Engagement at Community Catalyst, the Interim Executive Director for the Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers, as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, in her role as the Regional and National Director of several Women’s Health Projects at JSI Research & Training Institute in Boston, and being a board member of the feminist collective Our Bodies Ourselves where she edited the first Spanish edition of their best-selling guide to women’s health and well-being. Myriam holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Andover Newton Theological School, a certificate in Maternal and Child Health from Boston University’s School of Public Health, a Nonprofit Management and Leadership Certificate from Tufts University, and a Certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Bentley College.