Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg welcomes new chairmen, trustees

ST. PETERSBURG – The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg announced the rise of two new executives to the Board of Trustees and the addition of four board members to lead the organization in the new year.

The new chief executive officer is Donna Petersen, Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida and Senior Associate Vice President of USF Health. She has been a member of the board for six years and has been deputy chairwoman for the last two years.

She is joined by the new vice chairman, Rev. Kenneth Irby, director of community intervention at the St. Petersburg Police Department and pastor of the Historic Bethel AME Church. He was on the Board of Trustees for three years.

The leadership and trustee selection process prioritized diversifying the experience and skills of the existing board, said Randall Russell, president and CEO of the foundation. The new board members, who will begin their first one-year term on New Year’s Day, bring with them expertise in law, medicine and advocacy for health and racial justice. Three of the new trustees are People of Color.

Donna Petersen is the Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida and Senior Associate Vice President of USF Health. She is the new CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. [ Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg ]

“We will continue to accelerate our mission to racial justice, pay attention to lived experiences and deepen our listening,” said Russell, “and bring these voices of lived experiences with power to system leaders.”

New trustees include Michèle Alexandre, dean and professor at Stetson University College of Law; Stacy Conroy, attorney and board member of the Florida Holocaust Museum; Kevin Sneed, Dean of USF Taneja College of Pharmacy and Senior Associate Vice President at USF Health; and Nichelle Threadgill, chief medical officer at the Community Health Centers of Pinellas.

Rev. Kenneth Irby, Director of Community Intervention at the St. Petersburg Police Department and pastor of the historic Bethel AME Church. He becomes Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. [ Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg ]

Russell said he looks forward to hosting the city’s first annual equity summit in March with USF St. Petersburg and the city government.

The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg was established in 2013 and is funded by the proceeds of the sale of the Bayfront Medical Center non-profit hospital, now known as Bayfront Health St. Petersburg. The foundation manages $ 164 million in assets dedicated to improving health equity by addressing racial, social, and structural inequities in Pinellas County. Find out more about the foundation online at healthstpete.foundation.

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