HIM / Biotech Alumni Newsletter

Kellogg EMP graduate Anthony Munroe named ACHE Young Executive of the Year

Kellogg EMP graduate Anthony Munroe, MBA, MPH was recently honored with the American College of Healthcare Executives’ 2003 Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for healthcare executives under age 40 during the ACHE’s 46th Congress on Healthcare Management this past spring. Munroe, who was previously recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s 2002 “Up and Comers” and received the 2001 ACHE Regent’s Award, was largely recognized for his work as chief executive officer of the not-for-profit Economic Opportunity Family Health Center in Miami, which he has led since 1998. The 501(c)(3) primary-care organization has a $20 million annual budget that is about 30% federally funded.

Since arriving at the center, Munroe has improved healthcare access and quality for the underserved by increasing the center’s presence in the community. Under his tenure, the center’s permanent locations have expanded from 13 to 17, contributing to a 35.4% annual patient increase, from 96,000 to 130,000. Additionally, the center sends mobile outreach units into lower-income, culturally diverse communities throughout northern Miami-Dade County to screen for diabetes, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. Other forms of outreach include eight school-based health centers and services at the Scott Homes public housing project, where an on-site primary-care center serves residents as well as the surrounding neighborhood.

Munroe has also helped improve healthcare access and quality by forging partnerships with local educational institutions to train the center’s staff. He has created tuition-reimbursement partnerships with Miami-Dade Community College, through which medical assistants and other personnel can take “refresher” training courses, and with the University of South Florida, which provides courses toward a master’s degree in public health at the center’s main administrative offices in Miami.

Prior to arriving at the Economic Opportunity Center, Munroe worked as director of community health promotion for the DeKalb County Board of Health in suburban Atlanta from 1996 to 1998 and as executive director of family health services for the New York City Department of Health from 1994 to 1996. He received his master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management and his master’s in public health from Columbia University, New York. Munroe is currently pursuing a doctorate in health systems management from Tulane University, New Orleans.