Gail Christopher, Ph.D., D.N., is an award-winning social change agent with expertise in the social determinants of health and well-being and in related public policies. She is known for her pioneering work to infuse holistic health and diversity concepts into public sector programs and policy discourse.
Gail retired from her role as Senior Advisor and Vice President at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she was the driving force behind the America Healing initiative and the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation effort. She also served as Kellogg’s Vice President for Program Strategy, and worked on place-based programming on in New Orleans and New Mexico. In 2015 she received the Terrance Keenan Award from Grantmakers in Health. Gail chairs the Board of the Trust for America’s Health. In 2019, she became the Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity. Read highlights of Gail’s work on racial healing circles; truth, reconciliation, and healing; and moving toward racial healing and transformation.