Robin Perry-Smith, MHA

                                                                             CHANGE AGENT | SERVANT LEADER | CONNECTOR   

Robin Perry-Smith serves as an Extension Educator with Penn State Extension Dauphin County serving the Harrisburg Area.

Her focus is to bridge the gap between Penn State Extension and marginalized communities by engaging with neighborhoods, building stakeholder partnerships, mobilizing resources and facilitating impact-driven solutions.  Prior to joining Extension, Robin designed and implemented multi-year collaborative public health programs for academic, government and healthcare sectors. She has a strong desire for and commitment to improve overall health and well-being by incorporating the social determinants of health when executing culturally relevant initiatives.

 She is an active member of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals; the National Urban Extension Leaders, Northeast Region Steering Committee; Penn State Extension Beyond Civil Rights Committee, the Pennsylvania Rural-Urban Leadership Program, RULE XIX, The Ohio State University Extension Leadership in the City Program and various local community groups. Also, she is an alum of Leadership Harrisburg Area.  

 Robin holds a Master of Health Administration specializing in health education, a Bachelor of Science from The Pennsylvania State University, and an Associates of Science from Harrisburg Area Community College. 

"Do not try to become a person of SUCCESS but try to become a person of VALUE.”    -Albert Einstein