Personal Information:    • Name when in high school yearbook:  Jo Ivey  • Legal name today (if different):   Melville Boufford  • What do people call you now?:    Jo Boufford  • Address (please provide at least a city and state):  425 West End Avenue, NY, NY 10024  • Email contact:  (See updates, below) Current life situation:   Working actively!   Family history (spouse, children, dogs, etc.):   divorced, no kids or dogs (right now)   Current hobbies and interests:   opera, exercise Education, Military Service, or Training after ELHS: BA University of Michigan 1967 MD University of Michigan 1971 Work History (dates, company name, location, title/job function): Director, Residency Program in Social Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx NY VP Medical and Professional Affairs, EXecutive VP and then President New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, NYC Director Kings Fund College, London, England Principal Deputy Ass't Sec for Health, US Dept Health and Human Services, Wash, DC in first term Clinton Administration Dean, Wagner School of Public Service NYU, NYC President, NY Academy of Medicine, NY (current) Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, is the President of The New York Academy of Medicine. She is a Professor of Public Service, Health Policy and Management at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the New York University School of Medicine. She served as Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University from June 1997 to November 2002. Prior to that, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from November 1993 to January 1997, and as Acting Assistant Secretary from January 1997 to May 1997. While at HHS, she served as the U.S. representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1994–1997.   From May 1991 to September 1993, Dr. Boufford served as Director of the King’s Fund College, London England, and she served as President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal system in the United States, from December, 1985 until October, 1989.   She was President of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration in 2002–2003. She was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 1992 and is a member of its Executive Council, Board on Global Health and Board on African Science Academy Development. She was elected to serve a second four year term as the Foreign Secretary of the IOM beginning July 1, 2010. 2018 Update: I completed 10 years as President of the New York Academy of Medicine in September 2017 and up to now, messages have been transferred to me automatically from my NYAM address. This will now be changed.   My new position is as a Clinical Professor of Global Public Health at New York University College of Global Public Health and I am also serving as President of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) based here in NYC. I can be reached at jo.boufford@nyu.edu for NYU related matters and at jboufford@isuh.org for all other activities.   March 2026 Update: ... I'm still working as Clinical Professor of Global Health at NYU School of Global Public Health and still in love with NYC after nearly 50 years!!