“We’ve got to give young people a sense of a way out. A sense of hope. A sense of future. A sense that they can feed their children and the ability to hold their head up with dignity because they have work that gives them dignity.”
Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH, has been president and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation’s oldest and largest community foundations since October 2017. Under her leadership, the Trust has adopted a new strategic focus on closing the racial and ethnic wealth gap in the Chicago region.
For almost a decade, Dr. Gayle was president and CEO of CARE, a leading international humanitarian organization. An expert on global development, humanitarian, and health issues, she spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control working primarily on HIV/AIDS. She worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation directing programs on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues.
Dr. Gayle was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. She earned a BA in psychology at Barnard College, an MD at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MPH at Johns Hopkins University. She has received 18 honorary degrees and holds faculty appointments at the University of Washington and Emory University.
She was awarded the Chicago Mayor’s Medal of Honor for her work on COVID relief and recovery for the city. Named one of Forbes “100 Most Powerful Women” and one of NonProfit Times “Power and Influence Top 50.” Dr. Helene D. Gayle has authored numerous articles on global and domestic public health issues, poverty alleviation, gender equality, and social justice.
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CHAPTER GUIDE:
00:00 Introduction
01:15 What was your upbringing like?
6:31 At what point did you decide that medicine would be your career path?
8:06 How many of your peers and fellow physicians were women of color at that time?
9:28 What track did you take after graduating from medical school?
10:32 How did your 2 year training program turn into a 20 year career?
17:04 After that 20 year stint what came next?
Minus 10 secs from here
20:53 With the work you do today, what aspects are you focused on to close the wealth gap?
24:45 Final Thoughts
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