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MEWI staff and leadership

Victoria Gholar
Victoria M. Gholar, DNP, RN, PMH-BC
Executive Director
vgholar@umc.edu
601-984-1020
Juanyce Taylor
Juanyce Taylor, PhD
Director of the Interdisciplinary Learning Lab
jdtaylor@umc.edu
(601) 984-1010
Abigail Gamble
Abigail Gamble, PhD, MS
Director of Research and Community Engagement
agamble2@umc.edu
601-815-9482
Dashunda Bunton Bailey
Dashunda Bunton Bailey, MPA, CHTS-IM
Director of Operations
dbunton@umc.edu
(601) 815-5340
Leslye Ortega
Leslye Bastos Ortega, MHS
Health Equity Program Manager
LBOrtega@umc.edu
(601) 815-9058
Regina Wilcox-Lewis
Regina Wilcox-Lewis
Social Worker II
rwilcoxlewis@umc.edu
(601) 815-3305
Rebecca Butz
Rebecca Butz
Instructor
rbutz@umc.edu
(601) 815-3304
Arnekki Calender
Arnekki Calender
Community Health Worker
acalender2@umc.edu
(601)815-9070