Executive Leadership
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
President and CEO
Joseph A. Tyndall, MD
Executive Vice President of Health Affairs, Dean of the School of Medicine
Sandra Harris-Hooker, PhD
Senior Vice President for External Partnerships and Innovation
Walter Douglas
Executive Vice President for Operations and Business Affairs
Katherine Napier, CPA
Vice President, Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Walter Conwell, MD
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Taya Jackson Scott, EdD
Chief Innovation Officer
Cindy Lubitz
Chief People Officer
Michael Rambert, JD
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
David Hefner, EdD
Vice President, Strategy and Institutional Effectiveness
Rick Kittles, PhD
Senior Vice President of Research
Alecia M. Bell, JD, MPH, CHPC
Chief Compliance Officer
Dorian Harriston-Celler, MA
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Creshema Murray, PhD
Chief of Staff
Kandy Ferree
Senior Vice President
Office of Institutional Advancement