Macon,
Georgia native Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice has made history. The natural born
leader has been appointed the new president of Morehouse School of Medicine –
the nation’s first African-American woman to lead a free-standing medical
school.
When you consider the under-representation of
black women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields,
Montgomery’s selection is a remarkable accomplishment. Only 16% of the nation's medical schools is lead by a female dean. Dr. Rice will become the first African American woman to lead a free standing medical school in the U.S.
