Brian Castrucci

Brian C. Castrucci, DrPh, MA, is the president and chief executive officer of the de Beaumont Foundation. He has built the Foundation into a leading voice in health philanthropy and public health practice. An award-winning epidemiologist with 10 years of experience working in state and local health departments, Brian brings a unique perspective to the philanthropic sector that allows him to shape and implement visionary and practical initiatives and partnerships and bring together research and practice to improve public health. Under his leadership, the de Beaumont Foundation is advancing policy, building partnerships, and strengthening the public health system to create communities where people can achieve their best possible health. Among the projects he has spearheaded are CityHealth, the BUILD Health Challenge, and the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS). He is also an editor and contributing author to The Practical Playbook. Public Health. Primary Care. Together, published by Oxford University Press in 2015. Brian has published more than 70 articles in the areas of public health systems and services research, maternal and child health, health promotion and chronic disease prevention. His recent work has focused on the public health needs of large cities, the need for better data systems and public health system improvements.

Brian earned his Doctorate in public health leadership at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in political science from North Carolina State University and a master of arts degree in sociomedical sciences from Columbia University.