Caroline Collier is the Associate Director of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at NC AHEC. Caroline provides oversight, direction, and support to the CPD function of the program and leads statewide AHEC discipline groups and the UNC-Chapel Hill on-campus health sciences programs.

Caroline graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology and earned a Masters in Public Health from East Carolina University. Caroline served as the Rural Health Operations Specialist at the NC DHHS Office of Rural Health (ORH). She is a Certified Health Education Specialist and founding member of the ORH Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. Caroline is experienced in program management, grant oversight, contracting, and community engagement in rural and under-served communities in NC.

Caroline joined the Program Office in May 2022.