Cleveland County Health Department
Alliance for Health
315 East Grover St.
Shelby
NCUSA
28150
Biographical Sketch: Anne Short, Alliance for Health in Cleveland County, Inc.
Anne Short is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Health in Cleveland County, Inc. She was a partner in the organization of the Alliance in 1995 and served as a member of the Steering Committee until assuming her role as Director in August, 2003. Under her leadership, the Alliance has become an independent, non-profit entity and collaborates with its member partners in addressing multiple health issues in the county. The Alliance serves as the county�s Healthy Carolinians task force and promotes initiatives in cardiovascular health, adolescent pregnancy prevention, substance abuse prevention, asthma and overweight/obesity. Anne holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Queens University and a Bachelor of Arts from UNC-Greensboro. She served as community planner for United Way of Cleveland County and as Community Development Director for Cleveland Center, the county�s mental health program . She brings extensive experience in community assessment, program planning, implementation, evaluation and resource development and has presented workshops on these topics at local, regional and state conferences.