Dr. J. Nadine Gracia
Policy Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
Dr. J. Nadine Gracia is the President and CEO of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), a nonprofit, nonpartisan public health policy, research, and advocacy organization in Washington, DC committed to promoting optimal health for every person and community and making prevention and health equity foundational to policymaking at all levels.
Dr. Gracia is a national public health and health equity leader with extensive experience in federal government, the nonprofit sector, academia, and professional associations. She served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director of the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In that capacity, she directed departmental policies and programs to end health disparities and advance health equity, and provided executive leadership on administration priorities including the Affordable Care Act and My Brother’s Keeper. Previously, she served as Chief Medical Officer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, where her portfolio included adolescent health, emergency preparedness, environmental health and climate change, global health, and the White House Council on Women and Girls. Prior to that role, she was appointed as a White House Fellow at HHS and worked in the Office of the First Lady on the development of the Let’s Move! initiative to solve childhood obesity.
A first-generation Haitian-American, Dr. Gracia is active in many civic and professional organizations, including the Aspen Global Leadership Network, the International Women’s Forum, Women of Impact, and the National Social Action Commission of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She serves on the Milken Institute Public Health Advisory Board, the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health, and the National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions. Dr. Gracia is also on the Board of Directors of Vaccinate Your Family and the Global NGO Executive Committee.