Michellene Davis 

National Medical Fellowships, Inc.

Michellene Davis is the President and Chief Executive Officer of National Medical Fellowships, Inc. Founded in 1946, NMF provides scholarships to Black, Indigenous, Latine, People of Color medical and health professions students underrepresented in medicine to ensure equity of access to culturally competent, high-quality health care. NMF also increases the number of clinician leaders of color to diversify clinical trials. Davis is among Modern Healthcare magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Minority Leaders in Healthcare, Becker’s Hospital Black Healthcare Leaders to Know in 2023 and 2022, and Becker’s Hospital Review’s Great Leaders in Healthcare in 2022 and 2023. Davis most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic medical center system in New Jersey and one of the largest in the nation. She founded Social Impact and Community Investment, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice addressing the social and political determinants of health.