About Victoria Brenton, MPH:

Victoria Brenton, MPH, is the Director of Wellness & Nutrition at the Harkin Institute. Working with colleagues at the Harkin Institute, the Iowa Environmental Council, Drake University, and other organizations, this collaborative work is focused on examining the impact of environmental exposures on Iowa’s high cancer rate, as well as proposing practical policy solutions.

Brenton brings more than eighteen years of public health and policy experience. She earned her Master of Public Health from Des Moines University and Bachelor of Liberal Studies from Iowa State University.

Her cancer prevention, policy, and screening expertise, as well as mental health program management experience comes from her time with the now Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Earlier in her career, Brenton served as Senator Harkin’s healthcare and disability legislative correspondent.

She is an advisory member of the Iowa Environmental Council’s Cancer and Environmental Risk Factor committee that produced the Environmental Risk Factors and Iowa’s Cancer Crisis report. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with her spouse, Drake University graduate Adam Lackey, JO’04, and twin 6th graders, George and Zelda.