A Joyful and Purposeful Gathering 

NMF is grateful to all who joined us on October 25, 2024. This speakeasy-inspired fundraising experience supported the advancement equity in health care. NMF scholars, alumni, benefactors and friends paid tribute to esteemed honorees and raised awareness and funding to help diversify the health care workforce.

Attendees declared that in This Time, and in This Place, they were taking action to advance equity across the health care workforce and community.

HOST COMMITTEE
NMF HONOREES
MAKE A GIFT
Donna Johnson, NMF Board Member and Co-Emcee John Johnson, M.D., M.B.A., and NMF President and CEO Michellene Davis, Esq.
NMF President and CEO Michellene Davis, Esq. and NMF Vice Chair Cedric Bright, M.D., FACP
Dr. Veronica Mallett and Kevin Briscoe
NMF Alumni Alliance Vice-President Pamela Payne-Foster, M.D., M.P.H.
John Johnson, M.D.,M.B.A. (NMF board member and gala host committee co-chair) and wife Donna Johnson
Morehouse School of Medicine President Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, NMF Vice President of Advancement John K. White, Jr., and UnitedHealth Group Vice President of Multicultural Marketing Pamela Simmons
NMF Alumna and Morehouse School of Medicine President Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice reflects on her ten years as president and the importance of NMF and Morehouse.
NMF Board Member and Medical Director of the Government Employees Health Association John Johnson, M.D., M.B.A. delivers presenting sponsor remarks on behalf of his employer.
Guests enjoying the program
Dancers entertain guests in speakeasy attire.
NMF Board Member and Co-Emcee Pamela Miller, Esq. presents the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Louis Sullivan and Eva Ginger Sullivan, Esq. Morehouse School of Medicine Director of Alumni Affairs Carrie Dumas (left) and Executive Assistant to Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Gayle McDaniel (right) accept the award on behalf of the Sullivans.
NMF Board Member and Co-Emcee Pamela Miller, Esq. presents the 2024 NMF Corporate Imagineer Award to The HoneyPot Company, accepted by Shameika Chan, director and chief of staff of the Office of the CEO at The Honey Pot Company.
NMF Board Member and Co-Emcee Pamela Miller Esq. presents the 2024 NMF Excellence in Medical Education Award to Chief Administrative Officer for the More In Common Alliance Dr. Veronica Mallett.
NMF Board Member Rakia Reynolds and NMF Scholar and Morehouse School of Medicine Student Morcquess Oliphant encourage the crowd to donate to National Medical Fellowships.
NMF Board Member Rakia Reynolds, NMF President and CEO, Michellene Davis, Esq., Host Committee Member C. Anthony Mulrain, Esq., Andrea Hayward, and NMF Board Member and Co-Emcee Pamela Miller, Esq.
Lively music was part of the evening's festivities.
Guests hitting the dance floor
Guests enjoying the "Afterparty for a Cause"
A view of the Atlanta skyline from the"Afterparty for a Cause" rooftop terrace

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GALA BOOKLET

Presenting Sponsor

Text Reads: GEHA - Government Employees Health Associationi

Entertainment Sponsor

Logo reading Merck

Gold Sponsor

Logo reading More in Common Alliance with a blue arc

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsor

Logo reading Holland & Knight in navy blue text