Adria Cruz
Deputy Director, Health Programs and Integration @Children's Aid
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WORK HISTORY
Deputy Director, Health Programs and Integration @Children's Aid
New York, NY, US
Provide executive oversight for Medicaid-funded and prevention service lines across multiple school and community sites, leading cross-divisional integration, fiscal stabilization, and system redesign to strengthen sustainability and access. Directed a financial turnaround of the Health Connections Medicaid Health Home program, moving it from deficit to budget neutral and achieving three consecutive years of operating surplus. Supervise Go!Healthy, stabilizing a federally funded nutrition grant and resolving a two-year vouchering backlog to restore full compliance. Lead implementation of Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) screening across the agency, while partnering with executive leadership to align operations with policy and advocacy priorities.
EDUCATION
Cornell University
Post-Graduate Certificate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Baruch College
Master, Public Administration
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
BA, Accounting
New York University
Post-Graduate Certificate, Executive Leadership in the Not-for-Profit Sector
Columbia University
Post-Graduate Certificate, Developing Leaders Program for Non-Profit Professionals
SKILLS
ABOUT ADRIA CRUZ
Senior healthcare operations leader with 20+ years of experience across multi-site public health and community-based systems. I currently serve as Deputy Director of Health Programs and Integration at Children’s Aid, where I oversee Medicaid-funded service lines, nutrition programming, and cross-divisional health initiatives operating across school and community sites.My work focuses on strengthening sustainability, compliance, and access through strategic integration and operational redesign. I have led financial stabilization efforts for Medicaid programs, supervised a SNAP-Ed–funded nutrition portfolio, managed multimillion-dollar budgets, and the implementation of Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) screening into existing healthcare workflows to improve service connection for families.I am passionate about advancing systems that integrate healthcare, nutrition access, and community-based services to improve long-term outcomes and promote health equity. I am proudly Bicultural and Bilingual (English/Spanish).
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