Vrushabh Shah, M.P.H.

Vrushabh Shah (Vru-Shah-Buh Sha-ah), Senior Manager, Leadership Development, leads the implementation of programs designed to strengthen and sustain health departments and community-based organizations (CBO) across the United States. In the seven years since he joined NASTAD, Mr. Shah has held numerous roles, including Senior Associate under NASTAD’s CDC CBA project under PS14-1403: Capacity Building Assistance for High Impact Prevention, and Manager for its CDC CBA project under PS19-1904: CBA for High Impact HIV Prevention Program Integration.

In addition to his renowned facilitation skills and extensive subject matter expertise in behavioral health, environmental health, stigma reduction, social determinants of health, digital marketing, creative strategy, LGBTQ+ service delivery, and HIV prevention, Mr. Shah oversees the fastest-growing internal portfolio as part of NASTAD’s Leadership Development team within the Organizational Excellence (OE) pillar. Since 2022, Mr. Shah has directed the Southern CBO Summit, NASTAD’s largest convening for CBOs across the US South each year – drawing more than 200 public health professionals from across the Southern United States.

He also serves as the chief facilitator and manager for NASTAD’s flagship Minority Leadership Program (MLP) and Minority Leadership Program: Executive Activator (MLP EA) – a ten-day intensive leadership development journey for emerging minority leaders and senior minority leaders, respectively, working in state and territorial health departments. Prior to NASTAD, Mr. Shah worked to address systemic barriers for people who use drugs, transform behavioral health financing in FQHCs, and implement tobacco cessation initiatives. Vrushabh received his M.P.H with a dual specialization in Maternal & Child Health and Epidemiology from the Boston University School of Public Health and a B.S. in Nutritional Science from Boston University Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences.