About Us

The Reede Scholars, Inc. is a culturally, socially, politically, and professionally diverse group of physicians, dentists, and mental health professionals who are the combined graduates of the Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Minority Health Policy Fellowship, the California Endowment Scholars in Health Policy, and the Joseph L. Henry Oral Health Fellowship Program at Harvard Medical School.

Our Mission

“To engage and nurture a network of diverse, skilled, and effective leaders who will effect change through research, education, policy, and practice.”

The priority goals of our organization are to:

 

  1. Maintain a group of experts and advocates for health equity and progressive health policy.
  2. Promote quality improvement in the provisions of health services for underserved communities nationally and globally.
  3. Promote professional and social relationships and collaboration within the cohort.

Our Vision

To be a nationally and internationally recognized organization whose members work collectively, support one another, and improve the well-being and health outcomes of those belonging to vulnerable populations.

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared these moving words at a convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in 1967.  In recognition of the profundity of this statement and the subliminal challenge issued to those committed to enacting justice in health care, The Reede Scholars, Inc. are individually and collectively affecting social change, making advances toward attaining health equity, and embracing our core values.

CORE VALUES

  • Respect for one another and those we serve.
  •  Integrity in all we do.
  •  Service with a commitment to health and well-being for all.
  •  Excellence always as a cornerstone in all that we do.

Our Core Values

R

Respect

Respect for one another and those we serve

I

Integrity

Integrity in all we do

S

Service

Commitment to health and well-being for all

E

Excellence

Excellence always

Our core values define and guide who we are and how we serve. These values are essential to not only our vision, but how we live our daily lives.

Executive Officers

Mary Flemming

President

MARY E. FLEMING, MD, MPH
2014-Present

Nicole DelCastillo

Secretary

NICOLE DEL CASTILLO, MD, MPH
2016-present

Don Lee

TREASURER

DON LEE, MD, MPH
2020-present

Board of directors

Cynthia Hodge

Cynthia Hodge,
DMD, MPH, MPA
Chair

Dora Hughes

Dora Hughes,
MD, MPH

Kamilah Jackson

Kamilah Jackson,
MD, MPH

Elna Nagasako

Elna Nagasako,
MD, PhD, MPH

Alexander Amon Rodgers

Alexander Amon Rodgers,
MD, MPH

D'Nyce Williams

D'Nyce Williams,
MD, MPH, MPA

Phillip Woods

Phillip Woods,
DDS, MPH

Past Presidents

A Legacy of Exceptional Leadership

Muntu Davis, MD, MPH

California Endowment Fellow

Founder

Audra Robertson Meadows, MD, MPH

Commonwealth Fund Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy

2010-2012

Mallory Williams, MD, MPH

COMMONWEALTH FUND HARVARD UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP IN MINORITY HEALTH POLICY

2012-2014

Affiliates

Sponsors

DentaQuest
CareQuest
The Children's Oral Health Institute
Brushtime