About me
Linda Goler Blount, MPH, is an epidemiologist and President of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the first national non-profit organization focused on Black women’s health and wellness.Ms. Blount has overseen more than $30 million invested in research to prevent chronic disease andHIV, ensure reproductive justice and healthy maternal outcomes, and advocate for health-promoting policies. Ms. Blount is also the Executive Chair of the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition, a $20M collaborative of over 80 organizations formed to ensure patients of color, low-income, and rural patients are centered in research, advocacy, and policy. Her career includes leadership tenures at the CDC, the Coca-Cola Company, and the American Cancer Society. She also has extensiveinternational health expertise and has served as a consultant to government ministries in Germany, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, where she lived for four years.A Michigan native, Linda holds a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from theUniversity of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering/Operations Research from Eastern Michigan University.