Molly Polverento, MSEd, CPH, is a Senior Outreach Specialist in the Department of Family Medicine. She currently serves as the Director of the Department's Family Medicine Residency Network, coordinating professional development and educational activities for member program faculty and residents. Additionally, Molly serves as the Coordinator of the Michigan Association of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Physicians (MAPPP), the statewide association of physicians working in governmental and academic public health. She is a consultant with the MSU Institute for Health Policy and is the Department's human resources Director.

Ms. Polverento has worked with Michigan's public health community for over 25 years, focusing on program and policy development and evaluation. She has served on multiple boards at the local, state, and national level and has held leadership roles with the Ingham County Board of Health, Michigan Public Health Association, and the American Public Health Association Education Board. Molly earned her MSEd in Higher Education Administration from Illinois State University in 1999, where she focused on the role of volunteerism and student learning in higher education. She earned her Certification in Public Health from the National Board of Public Health Examiners in 2015.