PIONEERS

The experiences and learning from Rollins School of Public have already Alaribe on a path to making a difference in global health. Since graduating, she has focused on advancing health equity and diversifying the health care workforce. Alaribe co-founded the Nigeria chapter of Women in Global Health, an organization dedicated to achieving equality in global health leadership. Most recently, after winning a anti-racism hackathon, she co-founded a health care start-up company, Coyfish.

Brown is an accounting executive with more than fifteen years of experience, currently serving as the vice president of North America controllership at Visa. He is responsible for the integrity of Visa’s financial statements for North America and corporate. Prior to that role, Garrard was the chief accounting officer for Avid Technology, where he was a key member of the senior management team leading digital transformation, organizational restructuring, and recapitalization efforts.

As a physician-scientist and medical director of diversity and inclusion at Henry Fold Health, Caldwell strives to make “good trouble,” creating transformational change in health justice. Her studies at Emory exposed her to diverse thinkers, theories, and social justice leaders while enabling her to immerse herself in experiences that taught her about power and privilege, truth and reconciliation, and community healing. She earned a medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine.

Ericksen is a civil rights a orney with a growing national reputation. After graduating from Emory School of Law, he joined the Clayton County Solicitor General’s Office. Ericksen later transitioned to a civil litigation practice. How- ever, he found his true passion was defending the constitutional rights of people who have been victimized by police brutality and misconduct. So he founded the Ericksen Firm to direct his energy and resources to cases where he feels like he can truly make a difference.

Kadree centers her approach as founder and principal of Compass Strategies Consulting from an unapologetically Black, queer, and feminist perspective. She believes that when all of those identities are engaged and addressed, all will benefit from the outcome. This grounding ethic has led her to work as a public defense a orney, legislative counsel, chief advocacy officer, and shaper of tech company culture. A recipient of multiple awards for her work, Kadree is also a speaker, panelist, commentator, and moderator.

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After graduating from Emory, McNeight earned her dentistry degree from the University of Florida and completed a three-year orthodontic residency. She returned to her hometown of Melbourne, Florida, and co-founded Caudill & McNeight Orthodontics. McNeight is passionate about improving the oral health of her community and chairs the Florida Dental Association Leadership Development Commi ee. She created Give Kids A Smile, an annual event that provides free dental care to children from low-income families.

Okeke is a workplace equity advocate, lawyer, negotiation strategist, professor, and start-up founder. After Emory, she graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law. For fifteen years, she has practiced employment law with a special focus on equal employment opportunity, pay equity, and workplace justice. As the founder of EPIQ Consulting, Okeke now leads an Atlanta-based, Blackowned, and woman-owned enterprise that provides consulting for global businesses, as well as employment services for individuals.