Policy and Partnerships Potential for expanding data collection and surveillance capabilities through partnerships with CSTE in states and jurisdictions, especially leveraging CDC collaboration initiatives to integrate new COVID-19 related health surveillance tools and maternal health surveillance enhancements.

Public Health Tech CSTE uses a mix of analytics and health information tools (Ashby, OpenClinica, Energage, IBM Watson, UpToDate) presenting opportunities to offer data management, analytics automation, and decision-support solutions tailored to epidemiology workflows.

Leadership Transition Executive leadership change in 2020 (new Executive Director Janet Hamilton) signals openness to fresh partnerships and increased outreach; a top priority could be strategic sponsorships, conferences, and consulting services aligned with organizational growth.

Funding Scale Annual revenue in the tens of millions with a lean employee base suggests potential for scalable, mission-aligned service offerings, such as policy impact research, training programs, and vendor-neutral continuing education collaborations.

Sustainability and Impact Non-profit, mission-driven focus on thriving communities creates demand for tools and services that demonstrate measurable public health outcomes, offering opportunities in program evaluation, outcomes reporting, and impact storytelling to attract funders and partners.