Lailea Noel is Assistant Professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. At the UT Dell Medical School, she holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Oncology and the Department of Health Social Work. She co-chairs the Health Equity in Research Workgroup and serves on the Livestrong Cancer Institutes’ Clinical and Prevention Research Workgroup and the Breast Clinical Outcomes Workgroup. She is also Director (elect) for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Association of Oncology Social Work.

Dr. Noel has an extensive practice background in health administration in the field of oncology and nonprofit management. Her research interests seek to connect communities most impacted by cancer disparities with cancer care services by exploring patient-provider communication effects on psychosocial barriers to care. She has a passion for conducting community-based participatory research and has a wealth of experience engaging communities, social scientists, and medical professionals in such research pursuits. She also has been successful at recruiting members of marginalized populations into community engaged research.

In her role as Whitman-Walker Health’s Senior Manager of Grants and Programs, Amie Krautwurst supports the heath center’s infrastructure through oversight of a wide portfolio of government and private grants along with key program management responsibilities.

Additionally, Amie has served as the Program Director for Cancer Support Community at Whitman-Walker Health since its inception in 2015. She previously worked as WWH’s Senior Manager of Wellness Programs and supervised WWH’s compendium of integrative wellness services and youth prevention programs for more than 6 years. Amie is a licensed independent clinical social worker with over 10 years of experience providing culturally humble health care to members of Washington, D.C.’s diverse communities. She joined WWH in 2012 after earning her Master of Social Work from The Catholic University of America’s National Catholic School of Social Services. Amie is committed to advancing WWH’s mission of empowering all persons to live healthy, love openly, and achieve equality and inclusion.

Sybil R. Green is the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). A health care policy expert with experience in both corporate and nonprofit organizations, Ms. Green guides ASCO’s internal and external initiatives aimed at achieving the Society’s equity, diversity, and inclusion goals. Motivated by galvanizing events of 2020, ASCO is accelerating its programmatic work in anti-racism and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), which includes new and expanded programs in research, professional development, public policy, membership, publishing, education, and care delivery. As ASCO’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Ms. Green serves as a strategic leader for EDI actions and coordinates resources across the organization to meet its goals and support a culture of continuous improvement. She also liaises with Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, to help achieve its strategic funding aimed at scaling and growing EDI in oncology. Within ASCO, Ms. Green works with the executive leadership team to implement recommendations and report on progress in advancing EDI across the organization. Ms. Green joined ASCO in 2015 to direct health care reimbursement and coverage aspects of the organization’s quality improvement efforts.

Prior to joining ASCO, Ms. Green held leadership positions in health care compliance and policy in the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors. She was vice president of health and wellness compliance at Walmart Stores. While at Walmart, Ms. Green served as the VP Sponsor of the UNITY African American Associate Resource Group, which was created to address the concerns of African American associates who were part of Walmart’s 2.2 million associates worldwide. Ms. Green has also served as deputy secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and assistant deputy secretary for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. At the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, she served as director of policy and programs.

Since 2011, Ms. Green has served on the Board of Trustees for the National Pharmaceutical Association Foundation, which supports the minority professional association for pharmacists founded more than 70 years ago, originally to serve African American pharmacists. She also sits on the College of Pharmacy Boards of Visitors for Howard University and Xavier University of Louisiana.

Danielle Davis leads patient and community advocacy initiatives for Gilead’s products and pipeline programs with specific emphasis on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Oncology. Previously, Danielle held several positions across the US Commercial organization during her 15-year tenure. She joined Gilead as a Senior National Account Manager, ensuring access and reimbursement for Gilead products within state and federal government programs. Danielle’s performance in this role earned her 2 President’s Club Awards and a nomination to the inaugural Leadership Development Program (LDP). After completing LDP, Danielle joined the HIV Sales organization, where she led both the East HIV Community Liaison and the D.C. HIV regional sales team.

In 2016, Danielle returned to Managed Markets as Senior Director of Strategic Account Management. In 2017, she relocated to Foster City to lead Managed Markets Training and Operations within Commercial CL&D. In 2019, Danielle participated in a 6-month pilot to develop US Commercial strategic initiatives to achieve Corporate Inclusion and Diversity goals. In addition to her commercial experience, Danielle also has 10-years’ experience in community collaboration, patient advocacy, and mobilizing cross-functional stakeholders to execute on a shared vision.

Melissa Buffalo is an enrolled member of the Meskwaki Nation in Iowa, and Dakota from the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes. She received her undergraduate degree in child psychology from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and earned a master’s degree in Human Development from South Dakota State University.

Melissa has over 15 years of experience working in the public health sector in a variety of different roles. She brings a wealth of knowledge to the American Indian Cancer Foundation. As CEO, Melissa is committed to working with and for tribal communities, both urban and rural, and supporting our Indigenous people with opportunities to heal emotionally, historically, spiritually, and physically from the burdens of cancer.

Dr. Carol Brown is a board-certified gynecologic oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering.  She is a Senior Vice President, Chief Health Equity Officer, and the incumbent of the Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity.  Dr. Brown also serves as Vice Chair of Health Equity in the Department of Surgery.

Dr. Brown’s career is focused in three areas: providing high-quality and compassionate surgical care to women with gynecologic cancer; wiping out cancer health disparities; and promoting public policy to increase awareness, improve care, and increase research funding for gynecologic and other cancers.

As MSK’s Chief Health Equity Officer, Dr. Brown works to address cancer disparities that exist due to racial, ethnic, cultural, or socioeconomic barriers. She is responsible for center-wide initiatives focused on the reduction and elimination of cancer disparities experienced by medically underserved populations. This includes efforts to increase participation in clinical trials by collaborating with MSK investigators in increase diversity on clinical trials and through a unique partnership between MSK investigators and community oncologists to bring MSK clinical trials to underserved patients at their local institutions.

Dr. Brown’s national leadership positions include serving as the 50th President of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), former Co-Chair of the NRG Oncology Health Disparities Committee, and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Biden Cancer Initiative. She was the first African American female to lead the SGO, an organization whose 2,000 members are dedicated to caring for women with gynecologic cancers and advancing research in the field.

Lynette Bonar is CEO of Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, a self-governance Title V Tribal Organization that serves 3 tribes: Navajo, Hopi, and San Juan Southern Paiute in Northern Arizona. Bonar is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executive and a member of the Navajo tribe. Her Navajo tribal clans are Meadow People born for Manygoats, her maternal grandparents are Bitterwater, and her paternal grandparents are Night Chant Dancer. Bonar is a veteran of the U. S. Army and Active Reserve as a Medic and LPN (1982-88).

Philip founded the AAMC Center for Health Justice as the natural next step in a career focused on eliminating inequities in health and health care. He also currently serves as the AAMC’s senior director of health equity research and policy. His previous roles included leading health equity research and evaluation efforts alongside community partners in New York City for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and working as a graduate research assistant with Columbia University and the National Center for Children in Poverty.

His 2 decades of professional experience have nurtured a long-standing passion for researching, implementing, and evaluating systems and policies that can help every community have an equitable chance to thrive. As the founding director of the Center for Health Justice, Philip is developing efforts to build true community collaborations and an aligned agenda for better health throughout the country. This work is fueled by the strong belief that solutions to health injustice exist within communities themselves and that the path to better health goes beyond medical care to working alongside partners across multiple sectors that impact our everyday lives.

He earned his Ph.D. in sociomedical sciences and his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Columbia University.