PROFILE

Nancy Connolly, M.D., MPH, executive director for community health and wellbeing at the US Chamber of Connection, is a primary care and addiction medicine specialist with almost 30 years of experience caring for socioeconomically diverse patients in outpatient settings, serving in both clinical and leadership roles. In addition to her work in primary care, she has specialty training in infectious disease, integrative medicine, internal medicine, and addiction medicine.

Dr. Connolly has worked across a range of clinical, policy, research, and quality improvement settings, consistently focused on advancing health through a deep understanding of the social determinants of health. She recently completed a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, during which she worked on illicit drug and school nutrition policy. She currently provides care for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness through the University of Washington and is helping to lead the development of a national initiative to eliminate loneliness by fostering social connectedness in major cities across the country.