Nancy Sutton, MS, RD

Rhode Island, Secretary

Nancy Sutton, MS, RD has been the Chief of the Center for Chronic Care and Disease Management within the Rhode Island Department of Health since 2016 and has worked in public health since 1990. Her work currently focuses on the prevention and management of chronic diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular health, cancer, Alzheimer’s and related dementias, and healthy eating, and active living. Ms. Sutton works with programs internal and external to the department to integrate key elements across chronic disease programs and throughout larger system-level initiatives.  She provides vision and policy leadership to address to the social and environmental determinants of health to achieve health equity and eliminate health disparities as it pertains to chronic disease.