Alethia Carr
RD, MBA

Alethia Carr, is a native Detroiter, who retired as a public health administrator, and former Director of Michigan’s Maternal and Child Health Administration at MDHHS. Alethia is the Health Equity lead consultant to SEMPQIC, and works to improve the perinatal health system, through improvement of equity in health services and birthing outcomes. Alethia has worked as a public health consultant to a variety of states and national organizations since her full time retirement in 2013, with a focus on addressing health equity in perinatal care by recognizing the impact of the social determinants that impact health. Alethia believes all people are entitled to optimal health.

Alethia serves on several boards of directors, including: Kids Health Connection, a community based agency providing health support services to children and families in the tri-county area; and Oak Village C.A.R.E.S. , a community development corporation in Detroit. Additionally, she is an active, long time member of Oak Grove A.M.E. Church.

Alethia has a Master’s degree in Business Administration, is a Registered Dietitian and a former Food and Policy Fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She is a wife, and mother to two adult children.

She has lived in Detroit, Michigan all her life, and traveled to nearly 40 states, many countries, and several continents.