Chapin Hall

Miranda Lynch-Smith is the Chief Strategy Officer at Chapin Hall. In this position, Lynch-Smith focuses on developing actionable policy solutions, building strategic partnerships, advancing interdisciplinary research, and driving cross-sector collaborations. She plays a key role in shaping Chapin Hall’s policy agenda by translating research into impact and identifying new opportunities to address pressing challenges across the organization’s impact areas.

Prior to joining Chapin Hall, Lynch-Smith served in multiple senior leadership roles in the Department of Health and Human Services and as a senior advisor to the White House Domestic Policy Council. She has more than 25 years of experience working in the federal government. At the Children’s Bureau within the Department of Health and Human Services, Lynch-Smith led the Child and Family Service Review process, helping states prioritize outcomes and evidence in their work, and played a central role in creating a federal framework for continuous quality improvement in child welfare. She was also instrumental in shaping and evaluating federal and state legislation, regulations, and policies related to child welfare and broader human services programs. In between government positions, she was a Policy Fellow at Chapin Hall.

Lynch-Smith received her Bachelor of Arts from Douglass College and Master of Science from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, both at Rutgers University.