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Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® Staff

ELAM's core staff administer the program and develop its curricular content. They are supplemented by a large network of faculty and facilitators with expertise in leadership, management, professional development and academic health care.

Nancy Spector, MD – View Profile
Executive Director, ELAM Program
  nds24@drexel.edu

Donna McNelis, PhD – View Profile
Chief Operating Officer, ELAM and ELH Programs
  dm44@drexel.edu

Erika Brown, PhD, ELAM ’15 – View Profile
Associate Director, ELAM Program
  erika.t.brown@dartmouth.edu

Sara Jo Grethlein, MD, MBA, ELAM ’07 – View Profile
Associate Director, ELH Program
  sara.grethlein@swedish.org

Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, FAAFP - View Profile
Associate Director, Allyship at ELAM Program
  lm978@drexel.edu

Joyce M. Collins, MA – View Profile
Associate Director, Communications & Coalitions
  jml575@drexel.edu

Takiyah Fortune – View Profile
Finance Coordinator
  tf494@drexel.edu

Brian Kall – View Profile
Director, Operations and Management, ELAM
  kall@drexel.edu

Shermika Lightfoot
Associate Director of Operations
  stl42@drexel.edu

Barbara Overholser, MA – View Profile
Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
  bro29@drexel.edu

Indee Phillpotts
Program Coordinator
  iep23@drexel.edu

Clare Reckner – View Profile
Program Manager
  cjr382@drexel.edu

Katie Stanton – View Profile
Executive Assistant
  kls484@drexel.edu

Kristan M. Stengel, MS – View Profile
Communications Analyst
  klm358@drexel.edu

Remembering Laura Lynch

Laura Lynch, ELAM staff member

Laura Lynch, who had served as ELAM's program director since 2006, passed away on February 3, 2023. Laura shepherded hundreds of fellows through the program and stayed in close contact with them as they became ELUMs. She was the historian of the program and provided incredible insight. She led with humor and brought laughter and joy to our office. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the program and to our community. Donations in Laura's memory can be made to the ELAM Legacy Fund at giving.drexel.edu/LauraLynch. Please indicate that your gift is in memory of Laura.

 
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ELAM is a core program of the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa. The Institute continues the legacy of advancing women in medicine that began in 1850 with the founding of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the nation's first women's medical school and a predecessor of today's Drexel University College of Medicine.