Rita Nieves RN, MPH, LICSW, was appointed the interim Executive Director of the

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(BPHC) in December 2019. She’s also been a nurse, social work clinician, public health administrator, and community advocate.

Career

Nieves started at the BPHC in 1994 and her last post was Director of Organizational Development at the Office of Recovery Services (ORS). She came to that position after working for three years as Deputy Director of the Commission for three years. Nieves oversaw thirteen TB clinics in Puerto Rico and was Director of TB Control for Boston. Between 1983 and 1989, Nieves worker as an OR nurse at

Boston City Hospital The Boston City Hospital (1864–1996), in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital located in the South End. It was "intended for the use and comfort of poor patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense of the city, and ...

and University Hospital. She has been a consultant to SAMHSA, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the National Latino Behavioral Health Association.

Education

She received her RN and MPH from the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus and her MSW from

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