Stephanie is the Director of Early Childhood Policy at Common Ground Health in Rochester, NY, and co-director of its Healthi Kids initiative. With over 15 years of experience in health policy and public health law, she provides expertise and guidance on policy and systems-change opportunities for advancing whole child health in the Finger Lakes region. Since joining the Healthi Kids team in 2018, Stephanie has led the development of its early childhood work, with a particular focus on infant and early childhood mental health.  Stephanie has been an active board member and officer of the New York State Association for Infant Mental Health since 2019 and previously served as co-chair for the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health’s Policy and Systems Development Committee. In 2024 Stephanie was appointed to the NYS Governor’s Early Childhood Advisory Council where she serves on its policy committee. As part of the Healthi Kids team, Stephanie David provides expertise and guidance on policy-change opportunities for advancing whole child health in our region. Stephanie joined Common Ground Health in 2018 and has a deep understanding of the Healthi Kids work, having served on the coalition’s policy team since 2014. She brings to the position more than a decade of experience in health policy and public health law, and she has worked on a variety of issues affecting children’s health including food insecurity, obesity and autism-spectrum disorders. She also serves as Secretary for the Board of Directors of the NYS-AIMH, and on the Policy & Systems Development Committee for the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health. She continues to teach online courses on public health law and medical ethics for GW’s Master of Public Health program. A Batavia, N.Y. native, Stephanie David, earned her juris doctorate degree from the Washington and Lee School of Law, her master’s degree in public health from George Washington University, and her bachelor’s degree in biology from Cornell University.