Strategic Plan Steering Committee

  • Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH
    Professor, Chair and Associate Dean
    Principal Investigator, Prevention Research Center
    Community Health and Preventive Medicine

  • Alecia M. Bell, JD, MPH
    VP of Compliance | Chief Compliance Officer
    Office of Compliance and Corporate Integrity

  • Cinnamon D. Bradley, MD, FACP
    Professor, Associate Dean,
    Student Affairs and Internal Medicine

  • Walter D. Conwell, MD, MBA
    Chief Diversity, Inclusion Officer and Senior Associate Dean
    Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

  • Shondria N Covington
    Associate VP,
    Office of Marketing and Communications

  • Errol D Crook MD
    Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
    Chief Medical Officer ´óÏó´«Ã½ Healthcare
    Professor of Medicine

  • Pangela H. Dawson, PhD, MSPAS, PA-C
    Assistant Dean, Chair and Director
    Physician Assistant Studies
    Department of Medical Education

  • Walter Douglas
    Executive Vice President
    Operations and Business Affairs

  • Martha L. Elks, MD, PhD
    Senior Associate Dean, Professor
    Medical Education and Medicine

  • Kandy Ferree, MCP
    Senior VP - Office of Institutional Advancement

  • Rita B. Finley, PhD
    Associate Dean, Director, and Associate Professor
    Office for Educational Outreach and Health Careers

  • Joy Fitzgerald
    Board of Trustee

  • Sher Lynn Gardner, MD, MBA, FAAP
    Associate Professor, Director and Chair
    Department of Pediatrics

  • Franklyn Geary
    Associate Dean, Admissions
    Professor, OBGYN

  • Dr. Sandra Harris-Hooker PhD
    Senior VP, Interim Executive Director, Professor
    External Affairs and Innovation

  • Dorian Harriston, MA
    Senior Vice President
    Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

  • David Hefner, EdD
    Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
    Office of Strategy and Institutional Effectiveness
    Executive Project Director of Title III Administration

  • Chinedu Ivonye, MD ,FACP
    Professor, Associate Dean,
    Graduate Medical Education 

  • Rick Kittles, PhD
    Senior VP, Professor
    Research, Community Health and Preventive Medicine

  • James Lillard
    Professor
    Micro/Biochem/Immun

  • Cindy Lubitz
    Chief People Officer
    Office of The President & CEO

  • Dominic H. Mack, MD, MBA
    Professor Family Medicine
    Director of NCPC

  • Veronica T. Mallett MD, MMM
    Senior VP and Chief Administrative Officer
    More In Common Alliance
    Common Spirit Health

  • Roland Matthews
    Professor • OB/GYN

  • Darieon McFadden
    Master of Public Health Student

  • Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD
    Professor, Chair, Associate Dean and Director
    Department of Public Health Education

  • Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG
    President & CEO

  • Dr. Creshema Murray, PhD
    Chief of Staff

  • Katherine Napier, CPA, CISA, CIA
    Senior VP for Finance and Chief Financial Officer

  • Folashade Omole, MD, FAAFP
    Professor & Chair
    Department of Family Medicine 

  • Brian M. Rivers, PhD, MPH
    Professor, Director,
    Cancer Health Equity Institute

  • Taya Scott EdD
    Chief Innovation Officer
    Office of the President and CEO

  • Erica R.H. Sutton, MD FACS
    Sr. Associate Dean, Associate Professor
    Undergraduate Medical Education Surgery

  • Herman A Taylor, Jr., MD, MPH
    Endowed Professor and Director
    Cardiovascular Research Institute

  • Adrian J. Tyndall
    Executive VP for Health Affairs and Dean
    Office of the Dean

  • John Whyte
    Board of Trustee