Adrienne Ammerman

About Adrienne Ammerman

I am a social innovation startup founder and health communications practitioner dedicated to empowering health communicators with evidence-based, culturally competent, and measurable health information. I am the Founder & CEO of Arclet, a national platform that helps local & state health communicators create and share trusted, community-focused messaging. Arclet is a U.S. National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant recipient and an NC Idea grant awardee, supporting our work in public health technology and communications innovation. In 2019, I initiated the creation of a collective impact collaborative that now includes 75+ health communicators representing public health agencies, hospitals, and community-based partners across the 18 counties of western North Carolina. During the pandemic, I raised over $1M to develop a regional communications campaign that built local communicators’ capacity to mitigate COVID-19’s impact. Recognized by the CDC as a model strategy, this approach continues to be used for other priority health issues in the region. I was a 2023 Information Futures Fellow at Brown University\'s School of Public Health, and hold an MA in Communications with a concentration in Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in Gender & Sexuality from The New School. A daughter of a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, I grew up in Serbia, India, France, and Hong Kong before making my home in Asheville, North Carolina, where I live with my family.

Experience

1. Founder

   Arclet

   Feb 2023 — Present · Asheville, NC

   We are building Arclet - an easy-to-use platform that responds to a critical need among health communicators: the ability to quickly produce and strategically share engaging and culturally competent health information that is evidence-based and relevant to local communities.

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  MA

  2008 — 2012

• The New School

  BA

  2000 — 2004