26 min
Michellene Davis, Esq President & CEO of National Medical Fellowships: Episode 1 of 2 What's Your Legacy?
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Founded in 1946, NMF was one of America’s first diversity organizations. Today, NMF remains the only the only national organization solely dedicated to providing scholarships to medical and health professions students in all groups underrepresented in healthcare. Ms. Davis comes to NMF from RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic medical center system in New Jersey, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Ms. Davis created and led Social Impact and Community Investment, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice dedicated to addressing the social and political determinants of health. During her tenure there her portfolio consisted of: Policy Development and Government Affairs, Healthy Living and Community Engagement, Employee Wellness, Marketing, Communications, External and Corporate Affairs and, Global Health. She is the creator of the RWJBarnabas Health Women’s Leadership Alliance, the Young Professional Advisory Council, and the Corporate Institute for Internship.
The Social Impact and Community Investment Practice was created to leverage the system's range of assets to advance a culture of health and lift the quality of life in New Jersey communities. With a programmatic emphasis on ensuring health equity, the practice spearheads innovative social impact and external affairs initiatives that address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that have a significant impact on health outcomes. The policy arm leads the practice as it seeks to change systems, structures, and policies to create a more equitable future for all New Jerseyans.
Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Ms. Davis served as Chief Policy Counsel to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, where she was the first African American to serve in this position in state history. She was the first African American and only the second women to serve as Acting New Jersey State Treasurer responsible for a state budget of over $30 billion dollars. She was the youngest person to serve as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery in state history and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
She has a proven record of supporting the equitable building of community wealth and health throughout her career and, while Acting State Treasurer of New Jersey, founded the New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Office of Supplier Diversity and Division of Minority and Women Owned Businesses.
Ms. Davis is also active in civic engagement in the local and the global community. Nationally, she serves on the Boards of The Democracy Collaborative and The Root Cause Coalition and on the Health Anchor Network Founding Design Team; Root Cause Coalition National Advisory Board and United Way ALICE National and Building Healthy Places Advisory Councils. Globally, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute.
She is the President Emeritus of Executive Women of New Jersey, the state’s premier organization for senior level executive women in business, Chair of Academic Affairs for the Joint Board of Rutgers-Rowan Universities; Treasurer of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women’s Association; and is on the boards of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association; Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership; New Jersey Bipartisan Coalition for Women’s Appointments; Caucus Educational Trust and the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation.
Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She holds Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and in Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business.
Special Guest: Michellene Davis.
Founded in 1946, NMF was one of America’s first diversity organizations. Today, NMF remains the only the only national organization solely dedicated to providing scholarships to medical and health professions students in all groups underrepresented in healthcare. Ms. Davis comes to NMF from RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic medical center system in New Jersey, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Ms. Davis created and led Social Impact and Community Investment, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice dedicated to addressing the social and political determinants of health. During her tenure there her portfolio consisted of: Policy Development and Government Affairs, Healthy Living and Community Engagement, Employee Wellness, Marketing, Communications, External and Corporate Affairs and, Global Health. She is the creator of the RWJBarnabas Health Women’s Leadership Alliance, the Young Professional Advisory Council, and the Corporate Institute for Internship.
The Social Impact and Community Investment Practice was created to leverage the system's range of assets to advance a culture of health and lift the quality of life in New Jersey communities. With a programmatic emphasis on ensuring health equity, the practice spearheads innovative social impact and external affairs initiatives that address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that have a significant impact on health outcomes. The policy arm leads the practice as it seeks to change systems, structures, and policies to create a more equitable future for all New Jerseyans.
Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Ms. Davis served as Chief Policy Counsel to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, where she was the first African American to serve in this position in state history. She was the first African American and only the second women to serve as Acting New Jersey State Treasurer responsible for a state budget of over $30 billion dollars. She was the youngest person to serve as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery in state history and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
She has a proven record of supporting the equitable building of community wealth and health throughout her career and, while Acting State Treasurer of New Jersey, founded the New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Office of Supplier Diversity and Division of Minority and Women Owned Businesses.
Ms. Davis is also active in civic engagement in the local and the global community. Nationally, she serves on the Boards of The Democracy Collaborative and The Root Cause Coalition and on the Health Anchor Network Founding Design Team; Root Cause Coalition National Advisory Board and United Way ALICE National and Building Healthy Places Advisory Councils. Globally, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute.
She is the President Emeritus of Executive Women of New Jersey, the state’s premier organization for senior level executive women in business, Chair of Academic Affairs for the Joint Board of Rutgers-Rowan Universities; Treasurer of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women’s Association; and is on the boards of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association; Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership; New Jersey Bipartisan Coalition for Women’s Appointments; Caucus Educational Trust and the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation.
Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She holds Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and in Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business.
Special Guest: Michellene Davis.
26 min