Biography of Current President Joan Oxendine 1995- Present Joan Wicks Oxendine was born in Beckley, West Virginia. After beginning her professional training at St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing and Howard University, Joan earned a BS in nursing from Bowie State University and an MPH in Health Policy and Management from Johns Hopkins University. After working in a variety of medical settings, Joan retired from Bowie State University as Director of Student Health Services. Apart from her nursing career, Joan has adopted many pastimes that showcase her skills and interests. A master at sewing and crocheting, she donates many of her pieces to the sick and shut in. A history buff, Joan is constantly exploring her roots. This led her to write and publish a book in 2018 called Growing Up in the United States of America: A Nurse Encounters Starvation and the Uninsured. Joan joined Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in 1968 under the pastorage of Rev. G. Dewey Robinson. Her love for helping others led her to join the Sarah Allen Missionary Society, where she has been a member for 40 years and is currently its president. A servant leader, Joan is the president of the Prince George’s County Unit of Church Women United and the Willow Wood Estates Civic Association. For 15 years, she served as president of the President’s Council. She has been honored by the Washington Tuskegee University Alumni Club and Bowie State University. Following the death of Altha Elliott, the second president of the Sons and Daughters of Allen, Joan became its third president, a position she has held for 26 years. Her motto is “Do unto others as you would have them do to you.”
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