Brooke Cunningham

Brooke Cunningham

Assistant Commissioner for Health Equity, Minnesota Department of Health

          
View all 2022-2023 fellows

Ms. Cunningham is the first-ever assistant commissioner for health equity, reporting directly to the commissioner of health. She oversees and is expanding the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office, the Center for Health Equity, and the Office of American Indian Health. She aims to strengthen the agency’s ability to advance health equity across all department initiatives and bureaus. Prior to joining the department of health, she was a general internist and sociologist working as a clinical investigator at the University of Minnesota Medical School.