Destiny-Simone Ramjohn, Ph.D. is proud to serve as Vice President of Community Health & Social Impact with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the largest health care insurer in the Mid-Atlantic region. In this role, Dr. Ramjohn leads philanthropic giving and authentic community engagement strategies where people live, learn, work, play, and seek care to drive measurable improvements on health. This intentional alignment of business impact, social impact, and health impact- with an eye toward equity- enables CareFirst to enhance the lives of members and the communities it serves. Prior to joining CareFirst, Dr. Ramjohn spent five years with Kaiser Permanente as Director of Community Health developing measurement, evaluation, and high-impact strategies for the financial, material, and human resource investments across the Mid-Atlantic region that directly address the social determinants of health and promote health equity. A signature accomplishment was Future Baltimore, a flagship partnership for West Baltimore designed to address inequities that relate to economic opportunity, access to quality care, mental health and community safety in ZIP code 21223. Creating conditions that promote health equity are at the core of Dr. Ramjohn’s personal and professional mission. Her work examines the role of anchor institutions, like universities and health systems, in generating economic and health impacts that minimize inequities, especially jobs, added years of life from better health, reduced use of emergency departments for primary care, and more. Dr. Ramjohn is a strategic disruptor and innovative change agent, enthusiastically implementing new ideas to ensure that large health systems’ policies, programs, and practices are aligned with an equity agenda. Dr. Ramjohn’s work has been recognized through numerous honors and awards. In 2022, she accepted the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture’s inaugural Maverick Award, bestowed upon a community-minded leader who effectively utilizes their leadership qualities with a strong sense of purpose, justice and fairness. In 2020, she was named one of the Maryland Daily Record’s “Very Important Professionals” an honor given to leaders 40 years old and under for their “professional experience, community involvement and commitment to inspiring change.” She was also recognized with the Maryland Daily Record’s “Healthcare Heroes” award in 2019 for advancements in healthcare innovation. In 2018, she won the Council on Foundations and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary’s Award for Public-Private Partnerships. Dr. Ramjohn was appointed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to the Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC) which expands access to health care for low-income Marylanders. Since its inception, the CHRC has awarded 266 grants totaling $77.7 million, supporting programs in every jurisdiction of the state. She is a Board Member of the Maryland Philanthropy Network, a statewide membership association representing more than 130 organizations that together steward more than $9 billion in charitable assets. Her research and work are guided by a strong desire to advance health equity using authentically inclusive, empowering, and evidence-based techniques to bring our nation’s most vulnerable from the margins of our society to the center of dialogue, advocacy, and power. She earned her doctorate in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Destiny-Simone lives in Baltimore City and actively gives her personal time, talent, and treasure to a range of organizations including the Harbor City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Incorporated, Fayette Street Outreach, Roberta’s House, Generation Hope, and Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. Kaiser Permanente as Director of Community Health developing measurement, evaluation, and high-impact strategies for the financial, material, and human resource investments across the Mid-Atlantic region that directly address the social determinants of health and promote health equity. A signature accomplishment was Future Baltimore, a flagship partnership for West Baltimore designed to address inequities that relate to economic opportunity, access to quality care, mental health and community safety in ZIP code 21223.