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Welcome to New MFH Staff

Kellie Bartholomew

Program Assistant

Tyronica Dowdy

Strategist – Initiatives

Alex Duello

Senior Learning Strategist

Chase Shiflet

Health Advocacy Strategist

Melanie Theriault

Health Policy Coordinator

Reana Thomas

Strategist – Responsive Philanthropy

Celebrating High-Quality Journalism

Cara Anthony and Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health News Midwest Bureau correspondents, earned top honors at the National Association of Black Journalists. Anthony won in the Digital/Online Project category for a communal grieving package that included stories on communities wrapping caskets in colorful images, an artist turning ammunition into art, and a group of women using their intimate knowledge of gang violence to help grieving families. Anthony and Bichell won in the Radio Network/10-Minute Feature category for a story, led by Senior Editor Taunya English, on how doctors often conflate race with biology and the effects of that practice on the health of their patients.

MFH Staff in the Spotlight

Marcel Scaife

Marcel Scaife, MFH Strategist – Initiatives, was chosen to serve on the St. Louis Racial Equity Summit Community Advisory Council. The event (Nov. 9-11) is a platform to elevate, collaborate, and activate the people, practices, and resources necessary to achieve racial equity. This year’s theme is “Together We Rise: The Power of Community.” Register here.

Dwayne Proctor

Dwayne Proctor, MFH President and CEO, was named board chair for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. He succeeds Children’s Defense Fund President & CEO Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson.

“Any solutions we find here can and will have a national impact.”

Time has flown since Dr. Dwayne Proctor took up the mantle of leadership in 2021, becoming the third president and CEO in the Foundation’s history. In a recent feature by the St. Louis American, Dr. Proctor talks about how he arrived at this point in his career, including his decades of experience in philanthropy; and how MFH’s commitment to ensuring all Missourians live their healthiest lives drew him to Missouri. He also shares how his time on the road with musical pioneer Ray Charles informs his work to this day.

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