Michellene Davis, Esq.

Michellene Davis, Esq. is the National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF) President and Chief Executive Officer. Davis is among Modern Healthcare magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Minority Leaders in Healthcare, Becker’s Black Healthcare Leaders to Know in 2024, 2023 and 2022, and Becker’s Hospital Review’s Top 113 Great Leaders in Healthcare 2023 and 2022. The National Association of Health Services Executives awarded her their 2021 Senior Health Care Executive Award.

Davis also founded the Social Impact and Community Investment Practice, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice addressing social and political determinants of health. Serving under former New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, Davis was the first African American in state history to serve as Chief Policy Counsel and the first African American — and only the second woman — to serve as New Jersey State Treasurer. She was the youngest person to serve as CEO of the New Jersey Lottery and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

Davis is the co-author of Changing Missions, Changing Lives: How a Change Agent Can Turn the Ship and Create Impact (ForbesBooks, 2020), which provides a blueprint for those committed to leading systems change within organizations. Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University, and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She has Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business.