Time for Thanks

When we wrote this book, we asked healthcare executives who are leaders in their field to answer the central question of this book: What do you see as the healthcare executive’s role in health equity?

You will find their answers throughout the book.

Today, we want to thank all of them for their willingness to share their knowledge. We hope their responses will clarify the role that you can play in combating health disparities in your community.

Thank you to:

• Priya Bathija , Founder and CEO of Nyoo Health
• Kaye Bender , Executive Director of the Mississippi Public Health Association
• Reverend Jason Coker , Executive Director of Together for Hope
• Thomas Dobbs , Dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center John D. Bower School of Population Health and Former State Health Officer of the Mississippi State Department of Health
• Marlo Fox , Executive Director of Think Tank
• Clancy Harrison, founder of Food Dignity Movement & the Food Dignity Podcast
• Katie Kaney , Author of Both/And: Medicine and Public Health Together
• Karon Phillips, Ph.D., MPH, MS, CHES, CAPS, FGSA , Policy Development Manager at Trust for America's Health
• Amy (Wright) Riegel , Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness & Housing in Ohio (COHHIO)
• June Simmons and Tim Freeman, Co-Chairs of the Partner to Align Social Care Coalition
• Cameual Wright, MD, MBA , President of the Indiana Market for CareSource

We hope to feature further discussions with many of them in this newsletter in the coming year.

Special thanks also to our editor, James Fraleigh , and the whole team at the American College of Healthcare Executives who guided us throughout the publication process, including Molly Lowe, MPH, FACHE , Michael E. Cunningham, CAE , Mary Kelly , and Nancy Vitucci .