Richmond Memorial Health Foundation (RMHF) is honored to announce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Tyler Agee, MPH and Robert A. Winn, M.D. These two accomplished individuals represent the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and areas of expertise that inform our Board’s work supporting health and racial/ethnic equity across the Richmond region.
“We are thrilled to welcome Tyler Agee and Dr. Robert Winn to the Board of Trustees,” said RMHF President & CEO Reggie Gordon. “As our Board undertakes bold efforts to expand health and racial/ethnic equity and continues to proudly support nonprofits doing transformational work, I know Mr. Agee and Dr. Winn will provide the kind of vision and leadership our community is counting on during this unique and challenging moment.”
Tyler Agee, MPH, serves as the Director of Community Health for the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS), where he designs and implements strategic programs, community partnerships, and high-impact investments that seek to address the social drivers and determinants of health. He is focused on expanding access to high-quality care while ensuring that community voices are the drivers of system-level, transformative change.
Prior to joining VCU Health in 2023, Tyler was the Director of the Community Impact Division at Bon Secours Richmond Health System, where he worked to improve the health of individuals, families, and neighborhoods by offsetting the effects of the social determinants of health.
Robert A. Winn, M.D. is the Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and a professor of pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the VCU School of Medicine.
Just the fourth director of Massey since its 1975 National Cancer Institute designation, Winn oversees a center made up of nearly 150 scientists and clinical investigators. He is nationally recognized for his community engagement efforts and research, focus on eliminating health disparities, and building trust among disenfranchised populations.
A national leader in health equity, Winn is the first elected minority (African American) president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) in its 65-year history, as well as the chair for the AACR Cancer Health Disparities Report for 2024, which was presented to Congress in May 2024. He was the inaugural recipient of AACI’s Cancer Health Equity Award in 2021.
Winn previously served as director of the University of Illinois Cancer Center, as associate vice chancellor of health affairs for community-based practice at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System, and for 13 years at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine.