In 2024, Regina M. Mitchell retired after 26 years of service as President and Chief Executive Officer of New Horizon Family Health Services (NHFHS). She earned her Master of Health Administration from the University of South Carolina and Fellow from the American College of Healthcare Executives. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Mitchell has over 30 years of experience in healthcare services planning, management, and administration.
Regina Mitchell’s journey with NHFHS began in 1998, when she took on the role of President and CEO. Throughout 26 years of dedicated service, she has established many initiatives that support the organization’s mission of providing quality, affordable, patient-centered care to underserved populations. Under her leadership, NHFHS has grown from a small community health center operating out of the eighth floor of the old Greenville Memorial Hospital – to the NHFHS we know today, offering a full array of comprehensive health care services; with three medical offices, a dental office, three mobile medical units, and a mobile dental unit.
Mitchell’s numerous accomplishments include the establishment of school-based clinics in rural communities; planning and implementing health services programs for persons experiencing homelessness, persons with HIV/AIDS, pregnant women, migrants and other special populations; and serving as the lead organizer of a Rural Outreach network that coordinated public and private sector organizations to jointly plan and execute initiatives to improve health.
Additionally, she has lent her expertise and served with other community organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors for United Way of Greenville County, South Carolina Primary Health Care Association and AmeriHealth Caritas FQHC National Advisory Board.
Regina Mitchell hopes to leave a legacy “in which collaboration, communication, passion, respect and stakeholder engagement are the core values that drive the continued success and sustainability of the health center model.”
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