Dr. Mya O. Price

Dr. Mya O. Price serves as Executive Vice President & Chief Social Impact Officer at Creating Healthier Communities (CHC), where she leads the organization’s national social impact strategy. In this role, she oversees programs, partnerships, policy engagement, and leadership initiatives designed to strengthen community well-being and advance lasting, measurable change.

A nationally recognized social impact leader, Dr. Price brings extensive experience building and scaling cross-sector initiatives that unite philanthropy, corporate partners, government, and grassroots organizations. She is known for translating community-informed insights into actionable strategies that deliver measurable outcomes and sustained investment.

Prior to joining CHC, Dr. Price served as President and CEO of the Root Cause Coalition and held national leadership roles at Feeding America, where she founded and scaled a multi-million-dollar impact fund supporting more than 75 community-based organizations across the country. She also served as a founding Assistant Professor at The George Washington University Global Food Institute, where her work focused on policy, systems transformation, and sustainable community solutions.

Throughout her career, Dr. Price has built theory-of-change frameworks, evaluation systems, and donor engagement strategies that align mission, measurement, and investment. She is widely respected for her ability to convene diverse stakeholders, center community voice in decision-making, and move complex initiatives from vision to execution.

Dr. Price holds a Ph.D. in Urban Leadership & Entrepreneurship from the University of the District of Columbia and a master’s degree in Community & Leadership Development from the University of Kentucky.