Roslyn M. Brock

Roslyn M. Brock is a nationally recognized health equity and policy advocate, social justice change agent, noted public speaker, and youth leadership mentor who holds the distinction of being the youngest person and fourth woman unanimously elected in 2010 to the position of National Board Chairman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She served with distinction for seven years in this role and now holds the title of Chairman Emeritus.

Brock serves as the Founder and CEO of Equity Partnership Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in strategic advice on racial equity, community investments, and risk mitigation. She has over 25 years of experience in leadership roles across advocacy, community health, health equity, government relations, diversity, and philanthropy. Previously, she was the Chief Advocacy Officer for Bon Secours Mercy Health, the nation’s fifth-largest Catholic healthcare system, where she led healthcare reform, health equity, and social justice initiatives. Brock's extensive professional background also includes significant roles at Abt Associates, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the New York State Health Department.

Her tenure as NAACP National Chairman included championing the board’s policy engagement in The Black Church and HIV: The Social Justice Imperative; marriage equality; the proliferation of Charter schools and environmental justice. In 2003, she founded the NAACP Leadership 500 Summit, a recruitment and training initiative to cultivate a new generation of civil rights leaders. Leadership 500 contributed nearly $2M to support the organization’s civil rights programs. In 1989, as a youth Board member, Brock drove the National Board’s inclusion of Health in its Constitution as a standing committee and developed the national strategic health program focus.

Brock's speech topics reflect her deep commitment to social change, including "Maximizing Access to Care: A National Imperative," "Passion & Principles: Youth Leadership Making a Difference," "Women in Leadership: Changing the World," "NAACP: The Next Generation," and "When You Find Your Voice You Can Transform a Nation." Her impactful work has earned her several awards, such as the 2018 Distinguished Health Care Leader Award from the National Association of Health Services Executive and the 2018 Schaffner Award for Social Impact from Northwestern University. She has been featured on Essence magazine’s list of “40 Fierce and Fabulous Women Who Are Changing the World” and Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) inaugural “Black Girls Rock” broadcast.

Brock graduated magna cum laude from Virginia Union University, earned a master’s degree in health services administration from The George Washington University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a master’s degree in divinity from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. She holds honorary doctorate degrees from Virginia Union University, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and Smith College.