(2026 - Present)
The Women of Color Initiative is a collaborative initiative to address the visibility, awareness, and advocacy of intersectionality and women of color in academic medicine, organized by key AAMC Affinity Group members, as well as key AAMC staff. The current leadership group, the Women of Color Working Group, now in its second iteration, is listed below, as well as previous WOC Working Group members.
Co-Leads
Allison C. Augustus-Wallace, PhD, MS, MNS, DEIC
LSUHealth-New Orleans, School of Medicine
Kimberly Bibb, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Members
Brittany Bryant, DSW, LISW-CP(S)
University of California San Francisco
Yuan Gao, MD, EdD, MS
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Bernadette G. Gilbert, MD
Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Ragisha Gopalakrishnan, MD
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Toi B. Harris, MD
Memorial Hermann Health System and Baylor College of Medicine
KaTerri M. Kelly
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
AAMC Staff
Diana Lautenberger, MA
Director, Gender Equity Initiatives
Association of American Medical Colleges
Michelle Oliva, PMP
Director, Group on Collaboration, Engagement, and Community and Group on Faculty Affairs
Association of American Medical Colleges
Mallory Lee, MA
Senior Business Operations Specialist, Transforming Medical Education
Association of American Medical Colleges
Past Members (2020 – 2025)
The Women of Color and Intersectionality Initiative is a collaborative initiative to address the visibility, awareness, and advocacy of intersectionality and women of color in academic medicine, organized by the Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) in partnership with 11 AAMC affinity groups (GCEC, GBA, GFA, GIA, GIP, GIR, GRA, GSA, ORR, OSR, and CFAS) and the AAMC Academic Affairs and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion clusters.
Co-Leads
Allison C. Augustus-Wallace, PhD, MS, MNS, DEIC
LSUHealth-New Orleans, School of Medicine
Kimberly Bibb, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Members
Tonya C. Bailey, PhD
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Toi B. Harris, MD
Memorial Hermann Health System and Baylor College of Medicine
Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS
UCSF School of Medicine
Jasmine Riviere Marcelin, MD, FACP, FIDSA
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Courtney A. Schreiber, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania
Stephanie White, MD, MS, FAAP
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Leads (2020-2024)
Toi Harris, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Linda Barry, MD, MPH
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Erika T. Brown, PhD
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Valeria C. Cohran, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Pamela Edwards
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Jamilah Hackworth, EdD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Raquel Hernandez Givens, MEd
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Monica Lypson, MD, MHPE
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Ana E. Núñez, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School
Agatha Parks-Savage, EdD, RN
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Deborah Paul, MD
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
VJ Periyakoil, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Versha Pleasant, MD, MPH
University of Michigan Medical School
Sandra Quezada, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Mithu Sen, MD
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University
Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences