Andrea Sonenberg Ph.D., Whnp, Cnm-Bc

Andrea Sonenberg, PhD, WHNP, CNM-BC, FNYAM, FNAP, currently serves as a partner at the Rise To Health Coalition, advocating for equity in healthcare. Andrea is a Global Nursing Leadership Scholar with the ICN-International Council of Nurses and has been an active member of the New York State Public Health Association Board of Directors since 2019. As a professor at Pace University in the College of Health Professions, Andrea has co-managed the university's pandemic response and actively teaches and mentors nursing students. Andrea also contributes as an international faculty member and advisory board member for Promoting Health in Haiti, and serves as international visiting faculty at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. Andrea's extensive involvement in public policy is reflected in roles as a Distinguished Public Policy Fellow with the National Academies of Practice and a Faculty Policy Fellow with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Academic credentials include a PhD in Health Policy and Research from Columbia University, an M.S. in Midwifery from Georgetown University, a BSN from Syracuse University, and a BA in Biology from Cornell University.