Nathaniel L. Bishop. Photo courtesy Carilion Clinic
Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic announced Monday it will establish an Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and has named Nathaniel L. Bishop, the former Jefferson College of Health Sciences president, to lead it.
The office will work with community leaders to address equity and social justice as it relates to health care in the Roanoke region and Carilion Clinic. Bishop, the system’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and senior vice president, will work to expand Carilion’s community and public health efforts.
“NL’s cultural competence and his approach to honoring each individual’s unique abilities and contributions make him the perfect person to take on this dynamic new role,” Carilion President and CEO Nancy Howell Agee said in a statement. “He’ll bring the same courage, commitment and compassion to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that he has brought time and time again over the years.”
