Natalie Levkovich has spent more than 40 years developing Health Federation of Philadelphia (HFP) into a large ($50 million) and diverse nonprofit organization. Under her leadership, HFP has become an innovative and highly respected leader at the intersection of community primary care and public health serving marginalized populations in Pennsylvania and demonstrating novel approaches nationally and internationally. As examples of the breadth of her vision, HFP has been providing child development and family support services, including therapeutic interventions for substance affected families and home visiting services, since 1987. As a SAMHSA grantee in the early 1990s, HFP led an innovative, evidence informed initiative to mitigate the impact of adversity as a substance abuse prevention strategy for pregnant women in a program implemented in collaboration with a community health center and an academic partner. Ms. Levkovich became a champion of behavioral health integration in primary care in 2005 and has establish the nation’s largest multi-employer community of practice for integrated BH providers. HFP launched advocacy and capacity building in the area of trauma-informed care in 2006, which has achieved regional, national and international reach. HFP partners with the local health department in the implementation of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic response and operates a regional SBIRT implementation initiative funded by SAMHSA. As a training and technical assistance provider, HFP serves as an operating site of the Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center and manages multiple learning collaboratives to address chronic and infection disease management, strengthen capacity of maternal child health home visiting programs, as well as data-driven quality improvement initiatives in primary care. These are illustrative examples of content areas that HFP, under Ms. Levkovich’s leadership, has developed and translated into successful and sustainable initiatives.

Ms. Levkovich has been an active and engaged leader within CFHA’s national network and a past president of its Board. In addition, she has served as a member on numerous governing and advisory Boards and as Chair of the Advisory Committee of the National Center for Behavioral Health Integration, Chair of Health Care Improvement Foundation, and Chair of South Philly East Health and Wellness, a community primary care center serving refugee and immigrant populations throughout Philadelphia.