Audrea Caesar is the chief community health officer for UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine. Caesar is a certified health education specialist (CHES) and a senior certified human resources professional (SHRM-SCP) who specializes in leadership, organizational behavior, and health equity. With more than 20 years in the public sector, Caesar has served at the state, county, and city levels of government. Prior to UNC Health, she worked for the City of Raleigh. In this role, she emphasized workforce equity, police-community relations, business inclusion and community engagement. She also served as an advisor to the mayor and city council on issues related to community health and equity. Prior to her role in Raleigh, Caesar held several positions helping organizations better understand the social determinants of inequity. As director of community outreach and support for Union County’s Department of Health and Human Services, she founded the Union Health Equity Collaborative, which trained more than 150 providers and staff from Union County Public Health, Atrium Health Union, Novant Health, and members of the community on topics related to social determinants using Union County-specific data. Ceasar has also worked in the provider network management arena as a medicaid ombudsman, assisting all medical provider types with billing, coding, and reimbursement.
