For Immediate Release
June 28, 2024
Kimberly McElroy-Jones Named HHC Diversity and Inclusion Vice President
INDIANAPOLIS – Health & Hospital Corporation (HHC) of Marion County has named Kimberly McElroy-Jones, Ph.D., D.Min., vice president of Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. McElroy-Jones previously served as director of Community Partnerships for Community Health at Eskenazi Health.
“Dr. McElroy-Jones has shown her strong ability to bring people together by working directly with neighborhoods and community groups to collaborate and find common ground,” said Paul Babcock, president and CEO of HHC. “Her work will allow us to foster even greater capabilities in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion among our neighbors and within our organization.”
In her new role, Dr. McElroy-Jones will spearhead the essential work of promoting equity, diversity and inclusion among neighbors and within the organization, which oversees Eskenazi Health, the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services (IEMS) and the Long Term Care Division.
“I am really excited to be able to expand on the work at Health & Hospital Corporation to enhance diversity and inclusion across the corporation and also throughout the communities we serve,” said Dr. McElroy-Jones. “I am also looking forward to continuing the work the corporation has been leading to end the health disparities that are crippling many of our neighborhoods in Central Indiana.”
While at Eskenazi Health, Dr. McElroy-Jones led the system’s efforts to enhance social care through strategic relationships with community-based organizations. She helped develop and implement a strategic plan to strengthen and expand community partnerships focusing on social determinants of health as well as other community outreach activities designed to improve population health. In addition, she collaborated with the Eskenazi Health Foundation to help cultivate relationships and attract philanthropic support for social determinants of health and related programs.
In her role, Dr. McElroy-Jones was instrumental in leading the community engagement efforts in establishing three health equity zones in Indianapolis’ underrepresented neighborhoods. She helped to address long-term social determinants of health, including racial equity.
On Indianapolis’ eastside, Dr. McElroy-Jones spearheaded Eskenazi Health’s community engagement and collaboration in the planning and design of the new Eskenazi Health Thomas & Arlene Grande Campus, at the northeast corner of East 38th Street and North Arlington Avenue. Guided by community input, the facility now serves as a hub for community gathering, providing expanded and accessible care options and social amenities under one roof.
Prior to coming to Eskenazi Health, Dr. McElroy-Jones spent more than 10 years in project management, operations management, strategic development, and training and facilitation, including serving as the director of ministries at Eastern Star Church and as executive director and principal investigator for the Metropolitan Indianapolis – Central Indiana Area Health Education Center. She is a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and serves on the boards of directors for the Indiana Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition, Firefly Children and Family Alliance, Avondale Meadows YMCA, and United Northeast Community Development Corporation. In addition, she is first vice president of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Indianapolis chapter.
Dr. McElroy-Jones earned her bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and supervision from Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolis in 2001. She earned a Master of Science degree in adult education from IU Indianapolis in 2004 and a Master of Health Administration degree from the University of Southern Indiana in 2013. Dr. McElroy-Jones also earned a Ph.D. in organization and management at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2015, she graduated with her Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
Dr. McElroy-Jones succeeds Angela Smith Jones who was appointed as Indiana University’s associate vice president for state relations late last year.
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