Kory Thomas

Kory Thomas served as the Assistant Director for the statewide capacity building initiative, Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) Colorado based at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus for the five years prior to founding an independent coaching and consulting company, Core Capacities LLC. Her experience launching a statewide ECHO replication hub including multi-sector partnerships and extensive operational infrastructure enabling rapid ECHO initiative development lead to the successful launch of over 20 ECHO projects in the first year of programming. Kory has been supporting the National Network of Public Health Institutes on their integration of the ECHO model into activities for the Hurricane Response Hub, COVID-19 response and Opioid Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Public Health since early 2019. Kory is experienced in relationship development and management of a multitude of stakeholders including community members, leaders, organizations, subject matter experts, university faculty, board members and team members. Kory received her Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan, is a graduating fellow of the Advance Leadership Training Program for the Regional Institute of Health and Environmental Leadership and recently received her Associate Certified Coach credential through the International Coaching Federation.