Karam Ahmad
Managing Director of Partnerships and Development
Karam Ahmad, Managing Director of Partnerships and Development, is responsible for fostering relationships and creating opportunities to support CHI. In his previous role as a Director, Karam led evaluation work for the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation and co-led evaluation on the Denver Foundation’s Colorado Health Access Fund. He also launched Acclimate Colorado, CHI's climate and health initiative, and convened its Acclimate Action Team. Karam is a subject matter expert on the intersection of climate change and public health and serves on the National Network of Public Health Institutes' Environmental Health and Climate Workgroup. He was selected among The Denver Business Journal's 40 Under 40 for 2025. The list recognizes rising stars in the business community who have distinguished themselves in their companies, communities, and industries.
Before joining CHI, he worked as a technical writer for Otter Products, LLC (more commonly known as OtterBox) and was an analyst for the National Park Service and USDA Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health. Karam also worked at RESOLVE, an environmental, public policy nonprofit in Washington, D.C., developing oil and gas and community health tutorials for public health professionals.
Karam received a bachelor’s degree in evolutionary biology & psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He earned his master’s degree in public health from the Colorado School of Public Health at Colorado State University and a certificate in Climate Change and Health from Yale University.
Sample Projects:
- Colorado's Health and Climate Policy Agenda, co-author
- Think Globally, Adapt Locally: Colorado Counties Health and Climate Index
- More Coverage, Same Care
- Statewide Needs Assessment of Primary Prevention for Substance Abuse
- Putting Prevention Science to Work: Colorado’s First Strategic Plan for Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse
- Global Issue, Local Risk: CHI’s Health and Climate Index
- Catalyst or Challenge? COVID-19 Proved Denver Can Have Clean Air. But Can We Keep It
- Veteran Suicide: A Growing Problem in Colorado
- Screening for Hep C Climbs in Colorado
- Colorado Health Access Fund Evaluation
- Alternative Payment Model for Primary Care Guidebook
Skills:
Evaluation, facilitation and convening, technical guidance, needs assessment, policy analysis, data translation, visual conceptualization
Focus Areas:
- Evaluation
- Climate change and environmental health
- Health information technology
- Oral health
- Behavioral health