Celebrating Black History Month with Dr. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins

This Black History Month, we want to honor the theme of Health and Wellness in Black Communities by highlighting the work of one of our dedicated speakers, Dr. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins. His career spent working to close the racial healthcare gap and provide equitable healthcare to all is as inspiring as it is important.

Dr. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins is a leading expert in the field of Black health equity, social determinants of health, and scientific racial disparities. He works internationally at the intersection of science, policy, and advocacy to reduce racial disparities in healthcare. After obtaining his bachelor’s and master’s degrees focused in medical and legal history, Dr. Jenkins earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminology & Law from the University of Florida.

Acknowledged as an international authority in racism in medicine, Dr. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins has received a wide range of acclamation and recognition. His contributions have focused on breaking the social stigmas relating to racial injustice in the fields of healthcare. His efforts in analyzing the link between racial stress and vascular-based diseases & Alzheimer’s disease have received extensive commendation from the leading health and education authorities. Dr. Jenkins serves as a fellow within the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Minority Health and on the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Health Equity.

He has spent his career examining not only the health disparities in minorities but also the structures that allow them to function as such. Dr. Jenkins keenly delivers evidence-based solutions to dismantle the effects of racism from health, healthcare, and healthcare decision-making. He articulates his real-life experiences and enduring knowledge through powerful presentations, lasting empathy, and straight talks to lead strategies focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion-to-action. He has successfully navigated academics, healthcare, and corporate arenas as both a thought-leader and consultant working with notable clients such as McKesson Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald’s, Duke University, and Virginia Department of Health and Human Services.

While his speaking can be focused on healthcare, specifically the Black community within the healthcare system, Dr. Jenkins also extrapolates his knowledge and findings to the business world. His business speaking brings Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity to your company with a data-driven approach and first-hand accounts from his experiences in the medical field. Bring Dr. Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins to your next event to learn more about:

Powering Critical Conversations

• Finding a catalyst for change that opens the path to healing dialogue
• Starting tough corporate conversations about inequity where we work, live, and learn
• Providing a roadmap to guide your company through the art of authentic engagement that reconstructs corporate culture
• Recognizing unheard employees as the experts of their own experiences
• Implementing a clear and effective dialogue curriculum that interactively & inclusively embraces all perspectives

Rebuilding Corporate Culture with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Mind

• Staring down the challenges of changing corporate culture
• Providing a blueprint toward re-building corporate culture, anchoring equitable engagement, and decision-making
• Helping companies plan, promote, and preserve data-driven Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion best practices
• Deploying evidence-based case studies for internal alignment and activation of an inclusive culture
• Delivering a clear implementation framework for sustainable culture shifts with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the center
• Defining considerations for accountability through equitable messaging and enforcement of inclusive culture
• Detailing on how to authentically recruit and retain top talent from underrepresented groups

Bringing Equity Into Action

• Carving out a roadmap to professional development through research, humor, and powerful storytelling
• Curating the best-practices of Black former professional athletes, veterans, and physicians that confront, inform, and heal the consequences of bias in corporate America
• Leveraging necessary power, authentic empathy, and sustainable strategies to bring equity to action
• Understanding the concepts of structural racism, inclusion & diversity, & overall equity.
• Discovering how organizational culture shapes the motivation, scope, and execution of equity.
• Investigating the process and measurement of achieving equity through contemporary best practices.