Nashville Health and Well-being Leadership Council

The Nashville Health and Well-being Leadership Council continues the work of the Healthy Nashville Leadership Council, initially established by Mayor Bill Purcell in 2002. The current membership and work is in place through Executive Order 32 by Mayor Freddie O’Connell. The updated Executive Order adds Metro Social Services as a second backbone to the Council, sharing support responsibilities for the Council.

The Nashville Health and Well-being Leadership Council is responsible for drawing attention to important public health problems and encouraging ownership of their solutions. Community-wide action is required to improve health- including action by individuals, families, schools, employers and businesses, community groups, religious communities, and government.

The current work of the council is outlined in the 2023 -2025 Community Health Improvement Plan. The plan represents five key systems issues for the community to address over the next 3 years: housing/transportation, whole heath, economic opportunity and job skill development, food access/food insecurity, and awareness and navigation of community resources with equity being an overarching lens. This plan is a roadmap to align various initiatives, programs, and activities to improve the health of the Nashville community. This plan is the result of the 2021 community health assessment process to identify and prioritize community needs. This process and the identified data are described in the 2021 -2022 Community Health Assessment report.

Per its mission statement, The Nashville Health & Well-being Leadership Council collaborates with communities to improve health and well-being in Nashville/Davidson County. The council adopted the vision statement “A healthy Nashville recognizes all residents equitably and facilitates investments in the well-being of all.”

Related Departments

Metro Public Health

Metropolitan Social Services

Public Participation in Meetings

All speakers are limited to three minutes. The length of time may be extended at the chair’s discretion. For additional information, please see the Council Appearance Guidelines.

If you are interested in speaking at the meeting, please submit an email to [email protected] and include the following: topic, why you would like to address the Healthy Nashville Leadership Council, and a contact phone number.