Anna Casey is a Data Scientist with Cape Fear Collective, a non-profit organization based out of Wilmington, North Carolina working toward systemic change by leveraging local assets, illuminating actionable insights, and catalyzing innovative programming. She is currently rolling out a community-facing dashboard of localized insights tracking North Carolina’s progress on the state’s Healthy NC 2030 initiative. Before joining CFC, she received her Ph.D. in Behavior, Cognition & Neuroscience from American University, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University. She is a published academic and researcher, a passionate advocate for evidence-based policy and programming, and a wood elf Artificer in her monthly DnD game.