MISSION STATEMENT
To improve health equity in West Alabama by supporting healthcare workforce and community-based initiatives aimed to address social determinants of health
THE VISION
"Connecting students to careers, professionals to communities, and communities to better health"
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Diversity is who we are, defines our heritage and our future. Join us and be part of it.
As an organization that is committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and viewpoints, West Central Alabama AHEC embraces diversity and equality in all facets of operation and implementation. We believe that inclusivity increases the quality of our work, and that creating a culture of Equality benefits our communities and participants. Our promise is to prioritize diversity, build an inclusive culture and product, and to do our part to create a more equitable world. We can't promise we'll always get it right, but we'll always put our people and communities first.
OUR VALUES
Diversity of the Alabama healthcare workforce. Education by improving the supply and distribution of healthcare professionals in underserved Alabama communities through community/academic educational partnership. Equal access to healthcare for underserved and disadvantaged populations; improving health outcomes; and reducing health disparities Workforce and economic development through expanding the Alabama healthcare workforce.
West Central AL AHEC Programs
West Central Alabama AHEC provides implement four core programs:
1. Health Careers Preparation and Promotion (Health Professions Academy Program)
2. Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)
3. Rural Health Network Development (Heart Disease and Diabetes)
4. South Alabama Rural Training and The Longleaf Outreach Programs (workforce development)
5. Prevention and Education focused on population health
We recruit and guide youth into health careers, train community health workers (CHWs) to work with underserved communities so that they can obtain and keep jobs in West Alabama.
MEET OUR TEAM
Rosie London, MSM, MHR
Executive Director
Rosie.London@wcaahec.org
Adrian Collier, M.Ed.
Senior Program Manager
334-318-3114
Adrian.Collier@wcaahec.org
Annie Jones, LMSW
Population Health Coordinator 205-737-8977
annie.jones@wcaahec.org
Chansica Lanier, MPH
Program Manager
205-399-4871
Chansica.Lanier@wcaahec.org
Mercedes Lightfoot, B.S.
Population Health Coordinator
205-499-4109
Mercedes.Lightfoot@wcaahec.org
Jenell Pernell, A.AS
Administrative Manager
334-587-1535
Jenell.Pernell@wcaahec.org
CONTRACTORS
Liza Nicholson, DrPH, CRS-A/D
Deputy Director of Programs
Katie Summerville, MPA
Director of Grants and Strategic Planning
Earl Johnson, BSPH
Program Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brittany Shanks, C-TAGME
Vice Chairperson, Program and Student Coordinator, Cahaba Family Medicine Residency
County: Bibb
Gladys Hill, RN, MSN
Secretary and Treasurer, Retired-Associate Dean of Health Services
County: Tuscaloosa
Michael Luther, MD Cahaba Medical Care County: Perry
Brittney Anderson, MD
Anderson Family Care
County: Marengo
Veronica M. Triplett, DBA
Chairperson, Director, Center for Business & Entrepreneurial Services
Project Manager, College to Career (C2C) Initiative
The University of West Alabama
County: Sumter
Alice Springer Bristow, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, CWCN,
ANEW Grant Program Director
School of Nursing, Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care
University of Alabama at Birmingham County: Tuscaloosa
Marlon Murray, Ed.D,
-K-12 Administrator,
Hale County College and Career Academy,
Counties-Hale, Greene, and Marengo
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
According to Internal Revenue Service rules, a (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization is supposed to work for the public benefit, refraining from allowing individual members to benefit financially and from engaging in political activism or lobbying. Failure to comply with IRS regulations can result in loss of nonprofit status. All directors and officers have a responsibility to uphold these requirements, and they can be sued for failure to perform their fiduciary duties, mismanagement of funds or errors of judgment.
Per the West Central Alabama AHEC fiscal policy and procedure manual, at fiscal year-end, an audit report is prepared summarizing the total income and expense activity for the fiscal year. The Executive Director will be responsible for hiring an independent auditor and presenting the audit to the Executive Committee for review and to the full board annually. Our most recent audited financials are available for public inspection.
OUR SERVICE AREA
The West Central Alabama AHEC provides services and activities that support health careers promotion, student and resident experiential education, community health awareness and professional continuing education within the West Central Alabama AHEC 13-county service area. We serve thirteen counties (Bibb, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox).
