The Medi Advisory Board
Garcia Williams
The Medi Executive Director
As the visionary leader for the strategic direction of The Medi, a 501c3 nonprofit, Garcia Williams is responsible for fulfilling the mission, vision, values, and strategy for the organization.
Audrey Whetsell, MA
Founder of The Medi Awards
Audrey Whetsell is co-founder of Resource Partners, LLC the parent company of Medical Home Development Group. Audrey is a seasoned healthcare services executive with more than twenty years of progressive health care services experience directly tied to technology.
Kashyap Patel
Kashyap Patel, is the CEO of Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates. Dr. Patel is a full time practicing medical oncologist, board certified in Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine as well as Integrative Medicine.
Monique Hill, MSW
Ms. Hill is an assistant professor in the department of Academic Affairs Faculty, program manager for Hands on Health SC, and serves as health literacy and partnership engagement advisor for the NNLM Region 2, at the Medical University of SC.
Paula Orr, MD
Dr. Paula Orr, is a native of Baltimore Maryland and has called Charleston, SC home for the last 23 years. For the past twenty years, she has worked at her passion in women’s health as the physician and owner of Charleston’s Women’s Wellness Center and medical director for Charleston Health and Wellness Medi-Spa .
Rev. Dr. Krystal Sears
Rev. Dr. Krystal Sears has been in ministry for 22 years and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, a Master’s of Business Administration, a Master’s of Divinity, and a Doctor of Ministry.
Roger Clark, MBA
Roger Clark is a healthcare sales executive with over 25 years’ experience managing sales teams and building strong strategic alliances at the Institutional/Physician and Community level that enhanced access and improved understanding between stakeholders.
Thomas LaVeist, PhD
Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D. is dean and Weatherhead Presidential Chair at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Evelyn Lewis, MD
Dr. Lewis earned her medical degree from the University of the Health Sciences, the Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) and completed a residency in family medicine at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL.
Gloria Richards-Davis, MD
Transformative healthcare leader, renowned women health expert, certified, experienced fierce health equity advocate, DEI specialist, award-winning researcher.