Heather Beck

Director of Executive Operations

Heather Beck works at the University of Kentucky as the Director of Mental and Behavioral Health Nursing Executive Operations and as the Director of Executive Operations for the Behavioral Health Wellness Environments for Living and Learning (BH WELL) research team. She also serves as Director of Work Learning at Eastern State Hospital. She co-created and manages a Work Learning Program (WLP) at Eastern State Hospital that was designed based on the evidence-based components of the Living Learning Programs (LLP). She oversees programs, budgets, contracts, and staffing. Beck has over 35 years of experience in program management, growth, and development; resource development and management; fiscal development and management; research; and evidence-based evaluations, surveillance, and inspections. She holds a Masters of Public Administration and is a 1994 graduate of the post-Masters Federal Presidential Management Program and has provided her expertise as an independent contractor for over 30 years. She has been with the University of Kentucky College of Nursing for over 20 years and part of the Academic-Practice Partnership between UK HealthCare, Eastern State Hospital, and UK College of Nursing for over 10 years. Ms. Beck is also an inaugural UK Lewis Honors College PAC member and student mentor.