Noelle Denny-Brown is a Director in ATI's Payer Strategy and Program Design Practice. Denny-Brown is a strategic advisor and applied health policy researcher with 20 years of experience helping public sector organizations strengthen health and human service systems through research, program improvement, and capacity building. She brings deep expertise in Medicaid and disability policy, including home- and community-based services (HCBS), Section 1115 demonstrations, community integration, and disability employment initiatives, as well as the interplay between Medicaid, federal disability benefits, and other safety-net programs.
Prior to joining ATI Advisory, Denny-Brown served as a Principal Researcher at Mathematica where she led state and federal research, evaluation, and technical assistance initiatives. In that role, she partnered with state Medicaid agencies and other public-sector clients to navigate evolving policy priorities, strengthen program performance, and advance system change efforts. Her recent work included leading research to identify scalable best practices used by state Medicaid agencies to expand access to HCBS, culminating in a Report to Congress; directing evaluations of disability employment initiatives; and overseeing a statewide health equity review for a Massachusetts’ state agency. Denny-Brown has extensive experience designing mixed-methods studies, facilitating stakeholder engagement, delivering technical assistance, and leveraging evidence to inform policy and operational decision-making.
Denny-Brown's early career experience as a social worker informs her systems-level perspective and commitment to advancing equitable, person-centered systems of care. She holds a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Connecticut, and bachelor's degrees in social work and English from Regis College.