Workforce Development

Workforce Development

We are leading Virginia’s workforce development via cutting-edge data analytics, strategic regional collaboration, targeted funding, educational pathways, and policy guidance.

  • Debora Goetz Goldberg

    Associate Professor, HAP

    Dr. Goldberg is an Associate Professor at George Mason University in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. She is a mixed methods researcher with an emphasis on survey and qualitative research methodologies. Her research focuses on primary care practice transformation, patient experience, and care for the underserved.
  • Erin Maughan headshot

    Associate Professor, Nursing

    Dr. Erin Maughan's research focuses on measuring the effectiveness of school nursing and school health programs that support the need of students (K-12) living in vulnerable situations. Her particular research focus looks at the infrastructure needed to support appropriate school nurse staffing and identifying indicators that best measure the effectiveness of school nursing and school health. Dr. Maughan uses her professional work experience and expertise in mix-method and qualitative designs to not only strengthen the evidence related to school health, but also obtain the data needed to change health and education policy.
  • headshot of Jennifer Mezzapelle

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Department of Social Work

    Dr. Jennifer Mezzapelle is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Social Work.
  • photo of MB Mitcham with veggies

    Assistant Professor, Global and Community Health
    Director of Online MPH Program

    Dr. MB (Marybeth) Mitcham is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Online MPH Program in the Department of Global and Community Health. Mitcham’s research interests include the effect of intergenerational learning opportunities on healthy behavior patterns, rural gender identity, the intersection of plant-rich diets and rural populations, and effective public health education methods.
  • Caroline Sutter

    Director, Center for Health Workforce at Mason
    Professor, Nursing
    Principal Investigator, Northern Virginia AHEC

    Dr. Caroline Sutter is nationally recognized for her work implementing and evaluating models of community healthcare access and system navigation to improve care and promote collaboration between public health, public safety and health to ensure that evidence-based treatment is available for at risk and marginalized individuals, families, communities and populations.