Missouri Public Health Leadership Institute
The Missouri Public Health Leadership Institute (MOPHLI) is a one-year leadership program created collaboratively in
1990 by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the Heartland Centers at Saint Louis University,
School of Public Health. The first program cycle began in the fall of 1992 and the program met annually with alternating
cycles of new and graduating Fellows. A total of over 171 local and state administrators and managers have completed the MOPHLI program. The mission of MOPHLI is to develop and enhance the transformational leadership knowledge
and skills of MDHSS managers and public health agency administrators. The program is designed to enhance the
public health and senior services infrastructure through improving the leadership competence of local and state health
administrators/managers.

Co-Directors:
Mary Hoskins, Co-Director
Chief, Office of Human Resources
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573/751-6059
Fax: 573/526-6059
Email: mary.hoskins@dhss.mo.gov

Kate Wright, EdD, MPH,
Co-Director
Saint Louis University
School of Public Health
3545 Lafayette Ave., Suite 300
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone: 314/977-8120
Fax: 314/977-8150
Email: wrightks@slu.edu

Contact:
Alexis Bruce-Staudt, MSW
Program Coordinator, MOPHLI
Saint Louis University, School of Public Health
3545 Lafayette Ave., Suite 300
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone: 314/977-8145
Fax: 314/977-8150
Email: abrucest@slu.edu