Vernice Anthony
BSN, MPH

Ms. Anthony has years of executive and board leadership experience and a proven track record of success in health policy development, creating collaborative health care solutions, community health impact strategies, access to care models and health related business solutions. This has involved working in operations, senior management capacities and as CEO. Her various positions have spanned healthcare systems, state, local and national appointments. In fact, Ms Anthony is a first in having served as the health officer at three levels of government, city, county and state. She has also held several high level board seats, including Wayne State University, Western Michigan University Board Chair and Chair of the Detroit Wayne County Airport Authority. In addition, her recognitions and awards for her community service are many, including Distinguished Alumni Awards from both Wayne State University and University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Michigan Women’s Foundation Humanitarian Award, Crain’s Detroit Business 100 Most Influential Women and 100 most Influential Blacks, Michigan’s Most Powerful Women from Corp! Magazine and Alternative for Girls Role Model Award. Most recently, she received the highly prestigious recognition as a

“Distinguished Warrier” from the Detroit Urban League, and admitted to the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.