Jasmine Hall Ratliff

Throughout her career, Jasmine N. Hall Ratliff has focused on achieving equity across communities, particularly for communities of color and LGBTQ folx. She is the executive director of Build Missouri Health (BMH), a nonprofit fiscal sponsor and funding intermediary. BMH's mission is to change systems towards achieving health equity across the state. Prior to joining BMH, she was with Keecha Harris & Associates, Inc, and has held roles at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Missouri Foundation for Health. Her prior work has included policy and environmental change initiatives to support healthy children’s development with a particular focus on food justice and healthy communities.

Jasmine earned a master of health administration from the Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice and a BA in religious studies from the University of Virginia. She is the board chair of the Windward Fund and a board member of Healthy Places by Design. She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She has presented at national and international conferences on equitable fiscal sponsorship, child health and food access. She has also been published in blogs and peer reviewed journals and completed fellowships in the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities and ABFE.

Born in Virginia, Jasmine now resides in University City, MO with her husband, two teenage children and grand-tortoise Casey. In her leisure time, she enjoys reading, going to the movies, and spending time by bodies of water.