On November 3rd 2010, the OUWB School of Medicine was honored by a special visit from Dr. Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D.

Dr. Nivet is Chief Diversity Officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The purpose of his visit was to discuss the importance of diversity and community engagement.

He was also the featured presenter for a keynote entitled “Reframing the Narrative: Preparing the Future Physician Workforcefor our Diverse Communities”

Some of the topics he is known to address are:

• diversifying academic medicine
• eliminating racial disparities in health care
• best practices for increasing minority enrollment in health professional school

It is his belief that no institution can call itself “excellent” without being diverse.

Dr. Nivet most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer for the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation in New York City. This Foundation supports programs designed to improve the education of health professionals in the interest of the health of the public.

As COO, Nivet was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Foundation and managed an endowment of $150 million.

Prior to the Macy Foundation, Nivet worked at the Sallie Mae Fund (the philanthropic arm of the SLM Corporation) as the Director of State Outreach.

Before that, he worked for seven years as the Associate Executive Director of the Associated Medical Schools of New York, where he oversaw several programs designed to increase enrollment and retention of minority students in the health professions. He served as director of the Office of Minority Affairs at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine from 1995 to 1998.