Assistant Dean - College of Public Health
College of Public Health
Master of Public Health
Ken Slenkovich is the Assistant Dean of Kent State University’s College of Public Health and a member of the faculty in the department of health policy and management. Mr. Slenkovich has over 25 years of professional experience including serving as the William C. and Elizabeth M. Treuhaft Chair in Health Planning at the Center for Community Solutions, a Cleveland-based nonprofit policy think-tank. He was the founding Program Director for the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation and oversaw the State of Ohio’s tobacco prevention and cessation programs. He has also served as the Local Health Department Liaison for the Ohio Department of Health, and Director of Policy & Planning for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. He holds a master’s degree in Cross-Cultural Studies, and received his graduate training from the University of Florida, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Case Western Reserve University. His undergraduate studies were done at the University of Colorado. Mr. Slenkovich is a sought after consultant with extensive experience facilitating strategic planning processes and conducting community needs assessments for non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. Examples of organizations he has consulted with include Ohio Department of Health, Summit County Health Department, Mahoning County Health Department, Union County Health Department, Summa Health System, Akron General Health System, and Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress (Lorain County, OH). Mr. Slenkovich teaches graduate courses in health policy and program management in the College of Public Health.