Vice President and Senior Advisor, Health Equity
UsAgainstAlzheimer's
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
STEPHANIE J. MONROE
Stephanie Monroe is Vice President and Senior Advisor for Equity of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s, a Washington DC based patient advocacy organization focused on bringing an end to Alzheimer’s Disease and Executive Director of African Americans Against Alzheimer’s (AAN) the first national network created specifically to respond to Alzheimer’s disease’s disparate impact on African Americans .
An attorney with decades of federal public policy experience. Stephanie served as Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights from 2005-2009. In that position, she was the Secretary of Education’s primary adviser on civil rights issues. Prior to serving in the Executive Branch, Stephanie ended her 25 years on Capitol Hill after holding a number of key staff positions in the United States Congress, including Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and for 10 years Staff Director of the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families under the Chairmanship of Senator Dan Coats (R-IN).
Stephanie is also the President and founder of The Wrenwood Group, LLC, a Washington D.C. government relations firm where she advises clients on a wide range of matters in the education and health arenas, including early care and education, K-12 and postsecondary education, small business and workforce-related issues, and health care. She has decades of legislative and executive branch experience, most recently as Assistant Secretary of Education where she was responsible for the Office for Civil Rights which is the second largest division within the U.S. Department of Education.
She currently serves as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Children, Youth and Families as well a numerous other boards addressing health and education equity issues.
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Social Determinants of Health and Dementia: Public Health Perspectives
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
4 - Delivering Brain Health Equity to Communities Challenged by SDOH
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET