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Cedric Pulliam, PhD
Board Chair
Dr. Pulliam currently serves in Accenture’s Strategy and Consulting Division specializing in Public Service Management Consulting as a Management Consulting Manager (Behavioral and Global Public Health SME) where he provides state and local government, nonprofit, private sector businesses, and academic institutions transformative change through leveraging innovative technologies such as generative AI and workforce optimization strategies to achieve sustainable growth and foster impactful change for his clientele portfolio.
After serving nearly 13 years as a public servant in the U.S. federal government with a focus on foreign diplomacy, global and public health (HIV), global human rights and gender equality, international development, and multilateral diplomacy – he has rooted his federal career in the objectives of access, community, diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout his work.
He values the role of the community, ensuring their voices are heard and seen within policies and programs, and continues to volunteer within the public health corps within his local community – the epitome of a community-oriented public health practitioner. He recently served as the Director of Global Public Policy at Prevention Access Campaign.
Throughout his federal career, Cedric has served at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Congressional Research Service, and the U.S. Department of the Air Force.
Cedric founded CDP Consulting, LLC, which was started in 2014 to assist recent veterans in career and professional development and transitioned into a public health and health equity consultancy company in 2018.
Through CDP Consulting, LLC, Dr. Pulliam provides health equity and patient advocacy consulting to several industry, government, and nonprofit entities within the Atopic Dermatitis, HIV, IBD, and Crohn’s Disease communications, clinical research, and patient access and quality of care.
Dr. Pulliam attended Elon University, obtained International Studies and Political Science bachelor’s degrees, and was recognized with the 2022 Top 10 Under 10 Alumni and 2017 LGBTQIA Community Enrichment awards. Cedric received a 2012 full-tuition fellowship from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, where he obtained his first master’s degree in International Relations and European Studies.
He went on to complete graduate studies at Georgetown University and George Mason University, focusing on International Development and Conflict Resolution, and completed his doctoral studies in Health and Medical Psychology at Northcentral University.
