Southern Region
Welcome to the Southern Region
The Southern Region is composed of the following: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Regional Director
Dwayne Compton, Ed.D, M.Ed.
Chief Diversity Officer/Associate Dean for Community Engagement
University of Louisville, School of Medicine
500 S. Preston Street, Room 225
Louisville, KY 40292
dwayne.compton@louisville.edu
Greetings from the NAMME Southern Region!
We proudly and wholeheartedly support the vision set forth by our NAMME national leadership! As a region we have set as our priorities:
- Increased membership;
- Increased professional development opportunities;
- Ensure the increased and diversity of our future workforce (across all health professions); and
- Strengthen our partnerships!
We welcome you, your skillset and your participation! We are as strong as our membership!
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Southern Region Officers
| Director Dwayne Compton, EdD dwayne.compton@louisville.edu Associate Dean, Community Engagement and Diversity Chief Diversity Office / Assistant Professor Undergraduate Medical Education University of Louisville, (UofL), School of Medicine 500 South Preston Street / Instruction B-Building, Room 225 Louisville, KY 40202 (502) 852-5303 [O] Jan Ke-McCue [Assistant] jan.kemccue@louisville.edu (502) 852-6193 | Director Elect Adrien DeLoach, PhD addeloach@vcu.edu Executive Director / Division for Student Engagement and Impact Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Virginia Commonwealth University, (VCU) Virginia Mechanics Institute Building Box 980006 Richmond, VA 23298-0549 (804) 827-9941 [O] |
| Secretary Naija Brown, BA [Secretary] nbrown45@spelman.edu Partnership Coordinator Health Careers Program Spelman College (404) 270-5815 [O] | Treasurer Marsha Williams, MSEd (She/Her/Hers) williaml@evms.edu Director of Admissions / Admissions and Enrollment Eastern Virginia Medical School P.O. Box 1980 / 200 Brickell Medical Sciences Library Building Norfolk VA 23501-1980 (757) 446-5812 [O] / (267) 257-2372 [C] |
| Budget & Finance Chair Roy F. Roach, III, MS rfroach@vcu.edu Director Office of Student Engagement Division for Student Engagement and Impact Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Virginia Commonwealth University, (VCU) Virginia Mechanics Institute Building (804) 628-8449 [O] / (757) 389-6295 | Immediate Past Director Aileen Harris, MSA a.harris@capahec.org Executive Director / Capital AHEC 101 Cowardin Avenue, Ste. 205 Richmond, VA 23224 (804) 655-2576 [O] |
Southern Region Committee Chairs
| Membership Chair Darnae’ Parks, MSLD [Membership Co-Chair] (He/Him/His) darnaepa@pcom.edu Director of Diversity and Community Partnerships PCOM Med Alliance Adviser Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Georgia 625 Old Peachtree Road NW Suwanee, GA 30024 (678) 682-2310 [O] | Legal/Legislative Affairs Chair Patricia Parrish, MS, CHC, CDP patricia.parrish@conehealth.com Health Careers & Workforce Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Director Greensboro Area Health Education Center 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 (336) 686-0018 [O] (NOTE: Working remotely) |
| Communications Co-Chair Natalia O’Brien, MM [Communications Co-Chair] natalia.obrien@vcuhealth.org Student Outreach Coordinator / Concertmaster, VCU Health Orchestra VCU Staff Senator Virginia Commonwealth University, (VCU), School of Medicine McGlothlin Medical Education Center 1201 East Marshall Street P.O. Box 980565 Richmond, VA 23298 (804) 828-9629 [O] / (804) 828-1246 [F] | Communications Co-Chair]Marita McKee, M.Ed maritamckee@spelman.edu Professional School Coordinator Health Careers Program Spelman College |
| Scholarship Co-Chair Leslie A. Council, CPLC (she/her/hers) leslie.council@mahec.net Director, Health Careers and Diversity Education Center for Health Professions Education Organizational Equity Consultant University of North Carolina, (UNC), Health Sciences Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) 121 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 (828) 257-4479 [O] | Scholarship Co-Chair Jacquelyn Hallum, MBA, MHA (she/her/hers) (Retired) Jacquelyn.Hallum@gmail.com Health Careers and Diversity Consultant – Emeritus (828) 231-8038 [C] |
| Nominations/Elections Co-Chair Judy Pointer, Med (Retired) jjpointer55@gmail.com Program Administrator / Diversity Programs University of Virginia, (UV), School of Medicine 200 Jeanette Lancaster Way Charlottesville, VA 22903 | Awards Chair Aileen Harris, MSA, a.harris@capahec.org Executive Director / Capital AHEC 101 Cowardin Avenue, Ste. 205 Richmond, VA 23224 (804) 655-2576 [O] |
| Program Co-Chair Reginald Tooley, MPH TooleyRL@evms.edu Assistant Director / Diversity in Educational Programs Eastern Virginia Medical School Waitzer Hall-Suite 1128, Rm. 1132 Norfolk, VA 23507 (757) 446-5869 [O] | Program Co-Chair Cynthia Moore, BS cmoore@ua.edu Assistant Director / Rural Scholars Program Department of Family, Internal and Rural Medicine College of Community Health Sciences University of Alabama (205) 348-3116 [O] |
| Nominations/Elections Co-Chair NyThea Tolbert, PhD, MPH nytheatolbert@yahoo.com Assistant Director Morehouse College Public Health Sciences Institute 720 Westview Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 752-1500 [O] |
