Monday, February 18, 2013

February 2013 – Health and Faith

Michele Gourley,
TN Dept of Health
Nashville RCC members met and heard from the new Director of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives for the Tennessee Department of Health, Michele Gourley. Dr. Gourley has filled this position for five months and jumped right into it. With a pastor for a grandfather who also had a knack for the political arena, Gourley was quite comfortable going into this position. After graduating from East Tennessee State University with degrees in medicine and public health, she found that a job in public health suited her more than private practice. She views her position very much like a mission in itself.