Adjoa Jones begin her career in public health with the L.A. County Department of Health
Services (DHS) as a Student Professional Worker. During her tenure with the Immunization
Program, a fellow colleague recommended her for a Community Health Worker position
with Great Beginnings for Black Babies, which subsequently led to the beginning of her
work with women, children and their families. Simultaneously, she received her BS in
Health Science-Health Care Administration from CSU Dominguez Hills, and at the height of
the pandemic received her MBA in Nonprofit Management at the American Jewish
University, while also becoming a Doula and Certified Lactation Education Specialist.
Adjoa currently serves as the Chief of the Birth Equity Unit/Director, African American
Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM) Prevention Initiative Programs at Maternal, Child
and Adolescent Health Programs of the Health Promotion Bureau within the L.A. County
Department of Public Health (DPH). She is the visionary of the AAIMM Community Action
Team (CAT) model, founding lead of the first in L.A. County – the South LA/South Bay
AAIMM CAT developed in 2018, and co-developer of the AAIMM Prevention Initiative. She
has worked within DPH and DHS for the past 27 years, serving as a Public Health
Leader/Advocate in various programs to improve the health and wellness of women, men,
children and their families throughout the County.
She previously completed the Beatriz Solis Women’s Policy Institute fellowship in 2019-
2020 with the Women’s Foundation of California on the L.A. County Health Justice Team;
and co-developed a Doula Board motion to improve the health and birth outcomes of Black
women and babies, locally, regionally and statewide. Adjoa has served a member volunteer
with local non-profit organizations as a support group facilitator, conference planner, Fund
Development Manager, Board Champion, and more. Also, Ms. Jones has received
numerous service awards, the latest the Maternal Mental Health Now 2023 Perinatal
Mental Health Champion Award and 2023 Community Impact Award from the California
Black Health Network.
Finally, Adjoa is a former teen mother, proud Mama, grandmother, daughter, family
member and friend to many.
