The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) announced that Pennsauken native Shavon Arline-Bradley was hired to serve as the organization’s first president and chief executive officer.
“We are excited to have hired Shavon as our new president and CEO. She is an extraordinary communicator, and her expertise in the areas of public health and social justice is impressive,” said Dr. A. Lois Keith, newly elected board chair of NCNW. “She will exceed expectations because these are the areas in which NCNW would like to continue, as we bridge the generational gap.”
Rev. Arline-Bradley, who is also an ordained minister, brings 21 years of experience in healthcare, equity diversity and inclusion (EDI), government affairs, and executive leadership. She is the founding principal and CEO of R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions, a public health, advocacy, and executive leadership firm promoting EDI, political and organizational strategy, risk management, government affairs, and technical assistance.
Prior to starting her firm, she served as senior advisor and director of external engagement during the Obama Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services for the 19th U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy. Before that, Rev. Arline-Bradley served as the executive vice president of strategic planning and partnerships, as well as the former chief of staff, for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) headquarters.
Because of her passion for advancing EDI and improving the health and social outcomes of the most vulnerable, Rev. Arline-Bradley co-founded The Health Equity Cypher Group, a collective of health leaders advancing EDI and executive leadership in all sectors.
She is a community advocate, serving as president and chairman of Delta for Women in Action, a 501(c)4 organization, the vice-chair of the NAACP Board of Directors Health Committee, and the immediate past co-chair of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., National Social Action Commission. Rev. Arline-Bradley also serves as an advisory member of the Oprah Winfrey Network initiative “OWN Your Health.” In addition, she is an active member of the American Public Health Association, the Links, Inc., and Jack & Jill of America, Inc.
A member of Pennsauken High School’s Class of 1996, Arline-Bradley earned her bachelor’s and master’s in public health from Tulane University. She also graduated from the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, with a Master of Divinity, where she too became an ordained minister. Rev. Arline-Bradley completed an Executive Certificate of Business Management from Howard University and an Executive Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. Residing in Laurel, Md., she is married to Andrew Bradley; together, they have a son, Micah, age 9.
Rev. Arline-Bradley starts her new position with NCNW this month.
