Ellie Jorling, M.P.P., is a Research Associate with AcademyHealth, where she is responsible for supporting Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) grantmaking programs. Her work focuses on integrating evidence to make health-care systems in the United States more equitable and focused on people's goals and needs. Ellie supports the programmatic and grantmaking activities of RWJF’s “Health Data for Action” and “Community Research for Health Equity” projects. Prior to joining AcademyHealth, she was a Graduate Intern in the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services’ Policy, Planning, & Operational Support Administration. There, she researched the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce in Michigan and made recommendations to policymakers on how to incorporate CHW services into Medicaid coverage. Before graduate school, Ellie worked in development and fundraising at the U.S. Soccer Foundation, a nonprofit that provides underserved communities with access to innovative play spaces and evidence-based soccer programs that instill hope, foster well-being, and help youth achieve their fullest potential. She also completed internships at the U.S. Department of State, the National Museum of American History, and the U.S. House of Representatives, among others. Ellie received her Master of Public Policy degree, with a concentration in social policy, from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Kenyon College.