Bethany Kuerten, MSc-GH, is a senior program associate at the de Beaumont Foundation. At the Foundation, Bethany supports and leads programmatic efforts to strengthen public health practice, including managing the development and implementation of the Public Health Communications Collaborative Academy and growing its Brand Ambassador program. She also supports strategic projects as they relate to the overall mission and vision of the Foundation.

Prior to joining the de Beaumont Foundation, Bethany was an implementation specialist at Family Connects International where she managed multiple contracts to bring post-partum nurse home visitation to communities across the country. In this role, she focused on connecting parents of newborns to community resources to support infant success and overall family health. She has extensive experience in evidence-based programming, maternal health practices, and equitable community alignment. Bethany began her career in the research sector at FHI360, focusing on the development and pilot of novel contraceptive devices for women without access in international settings. While she was there, she supported data collection and evaluation, grant writing, and clinical trial development.

Bethany earned her Master of Science in Global Health (with a Public Policy certificate) from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Birmingham-Southern College.