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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
Phone: 215.991.8246
Email: nds24@drexel.edu

Donna McNelis, PhD – View Profile
Chief Operating Officer, ELAM and ELH Programs
Phone: 215.762.6923
Email: 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

Brian Kall – View Profile
Director, Operations and Management, ELAM
Phone: 215.991.8248
Email: kall@drexel.edu

Katie Stanton – View Profile
Executive Assistant
Phone: 215.991.8240
Email: kls484@drexel.edu

Barbara Overholser, MA – View Profile
Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
Phone: 215.991.8834
Email: bro29@drexel.edu

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

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

Shermika Lightfoot
Associate Director of Operations
Email: stl42@drexel.edu

Keyonna L. Douglas, MLS - View Profile
Program Coordinator, Operations
Email: kld327@drexel.edu

Indee Phillpotts
Program Coordinator
Email: iep23@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.