Kim Melcher

Kim weaves together the people, strategies, and data that drive the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation’s mission to measurably advance the well-being of young children and families throughout Dodge and Jefferson Counties. Kim’s high-touch, collaborative leadership style effectively engages staff, stakeholders, and community leaders around the complex challenges of systems change. Kim continuously builds the capacity of the multi-sector teams she leads, modeling innovation and an entrepreneurial approach. Her role, in part, is finding ways to powerfully connect people to the work–and to each other–using data, best practices, and inspiration. An experienced community health strategist, Kim has been shepherding successful programming for more than two decades. Past roles include Deputy Director for ABCD: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Suburban Milwaukee County Coordinator for the Wisconsin Well Woman Program, Coordinator of Community Workforce Health at Community Memorial Hospital, and Health Educator with Independent Care. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Concordia University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Health Education from the University of Wisco