Lynn Yeakel Institute for Women's Health and Leadership Faculty & Staff

Nancy Spector, MD

Executive Director and Betty A. Cohen Chair in Women's Health
Phone: 215.991.8246
Email: nds24@drexel.edu

Janine Barber, MS

Associate Director
Phone: 215.991.8194
Email: jkb48@drexel.edu

Joyce Collins, MA

Coalition Director, VisionForward
Phone: 215.991.8831
Email: jml575@drexel.edu

Shermika Lightfoot

Department Administrator
Phone: 215.991.8199
Email: stl42@drexel.edu

Lynn H. Yeakel, MSM, Director of the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership

Remembering Lynn Yeakel

Lynn Yeakel, who was director of the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership and held the Betty A. Cohen Chair of Women's Health, passed away on January 13, 2022. In the of fall of 2021, she had been chosen to receive the 2022 Woman One Award. The Woman One Award Ceremony and Reception honored her memory on April 25, 2022.