Erica Macheca, managing editor, brings over 25 years of experience and expertise in strategic communications to EDC. She specializes in product development, knowledge mobilization, developmental editing, and user experience. A versatile writer, she has extensive experience creating compelling health, behavioral health, and education resources that share research with key audiences.

Macheca advances strategic communications for EDC’s Behavioral Health Excellence Technical Assistance Center and REL Northeast & Islands at EDC. Collaborating with subject matter experts, she translates complex topics into clear, engaging resources, including issue briefs, success stories, blog posts, case studies, online tools, slide presentations, and newsletters.

Previously, Macheca played key roles in advancing the communications strategies of national technical assistance centers at EDC that focused on mental health promotion and violence prevention, educational research, substance misuse prevention, and school health. She has managed resource postings to high-traffic websites, launched and edited blogs, and overseen mass email communication platforms.

Macheca holds a BA in Child Development with a minor in Italian from Tufts University and a PMD Pro Certification in Project Management from APMG International.