President and CEO
Michellene Davis, Esq.
Michellene Davis assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of National Medical Fellowships, Inc., (NMF) in July of 2021. Founded in 1946, NMF empowers future health workforce development so that everyone can access excellent healthcare. NMF also trains clinicians to become Principal Investigators to lead clinical research that investigates treatment and preventative regimens across all populations.
Biography
Michellene Davis is the National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF) President and Chief Executive Officer. Davis is among Modern Healthcare magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Minority Leaders in Healthcare, Becker's Black Healthcare Leaders to Know in 2024, 2023 and 2022, and Becker’s Hospital Review's Top 113 Great Leaders in Healthcare 2023 and 2022. The National Association of Health Services Executives awarded her their 2021 Senior Health Care Executive Award.
Davis also founded the Social Impact and Community Investment Practice, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice addressing social and political determinants of health. Serving under former New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, Davis was the first African American in state history to serve as Chief Policy Counsel and the first African American — and only the second woman — to serve as New Jersey State Treasurer. She was the youngest person to serve as CEO of the New Jersey Lottery and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
Davis is the co-author of Changing Missions, Changing Lives: How a Change Agent Can Turn the Ship and Create Impact (ForbesBooks, 2020), which provides a blueprint for those committed to leading systems change within organizations. Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University, and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She has Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business.
Speaking Engagements
To invite Michellene Davis to speak at an upcoming event, we ask that you complete our speaker request form. Our team will review your request and get back to you within one week after form submission. Thank you.
Areas of Expertise
Michellene Davis is a highly sought-after speaker having presented to audiences such as the American Cancer Society, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Milken Global Conference, TEDx Santa Barbara, and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of National Medical Fellowships. She is often asked to speak about physician and patient representation in healthcare and clinical research, all levels of policy and systems affecting health outcomes, the power of mentorship, building pathways to careers in healthcare, leadership in challenging times, and how to address mistrust in healthcare.
Global Advisory Council
Global Advisory Council members work with the NMF President and CEO Michellene Davis, Esq. to secure financial support, and offer strategic insight and advice to NMF to advance positive change. This work bolsters NMF's mission mandate to support its scholars, alumni, and other stakeholders in improving health outcomes across the nation and throughout the world.