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Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN

Assistant Dean of Relational Excellence
Portrait of Rumay Alexander on a lilac background.

Education

  • BSN, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • MSN, Vanderbilt University
  • EdD, Tennessee State University

Overview

G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN, is Assistant Dean of Relational Excellence at the Adams School of Dentistry, a clinical professor in UNC-CH’s School Nursing and formerly the Associate Vice -Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion/ Chief Diversity Officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additionally, Dr. Alexander is a board member of The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog organization that serves as a voice for health care consumers and purchasers and the nation’s premier advocate of transparency in health care.

Included in her nursing career are appointments to several transformative healthcare initiatives including the Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems of the American Hospital and is currently the American Nurses Association Senior Equity Advisor. Because of vast experiences in the health care arena and her national as well international recognition she brings sensitivity, a plethora of knowledge and expertise regarding strategic actions of systems, leadership, negotiation skills, patient care encounters that foster trust between patients, and the community as a patient.

Contact

Mailing Address

UNC Adams School of Dentistry
CB#7450
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-7450

Office
1611C Koury Oral Health Sciences
Email
rumay@email.unc.edu