Merrilee Sweet
National Executive Lead, Healthcare by Food @American Heart Association
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WORK HISTORY
National Executive Lead, Healthcare by Food @American Heart Association
I help lead the American Heart Association’s Health Care by Food™ (HCXF) initiative—a transformative, cross-sector effort to integrate Food Is Medicine (FIM) into the U.S. healthcare system as a reimbursable, scalable standard of care. Strategy & VisionGuide the national strategy across research, policy, tools, and partnerships to position healthy food as a clinical intervention for chronic disease. Partnerships & PilotsBuild and manage partnerships with health systems, insurers, self-insured employers, and government agencies. Co-lead pilot programs that test how food can be prescribed and covered as part of healthcare. Program DevelopmentOversee flagship projects—including a community evaluation framework, and employer-focused benefit pilots—ensuring they are rooted in real-world implementation and lived experience. Public EngagementRepresent HCXF nationally through advisory groups and publications that help expand public understanding and support for Food Is Medicine. Team & Resource LeadershipLead a multidisciplinary team and collaborate across the AHA to deliver on our mission. Support philanthropic partnerships that fuel the initiative’s national impact.
EDUCATION
SUNY New Paltz
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Organizational Communication, General
SKILLS
ABOUT MERRILEE SWEET
As the National Executive Lead of the American Heart Association’s Health Care by Food™ (HCXF) initiative, I help lead a bold, systems-level effort to make Food Is Medicine a standard part of healthcare. My work bridges clinical innovation, public health, and policy—building strategic partnerships with healthcare providers, payers, community organizations, and self-insured employers to ensure food-based interventions are reimbursable, scalable, and impactful. Through HCXF, we are strengthening the evidence base, shaping benefit design, and driving a national movement to treat food as a core element of chronic disease care.
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