Sheila Thorne is the president and CEO of Multicultural Healthcare Marketing Group. With more than two decades experience designing marketing, media and health education campaigns for the top 50 pharmaceutical companies, Thorne has worked across a broad range of therapeutic categories from molecule to market. In addition to this role, Sheila is a working group leader at the Advocacy Exchange, a virtual collaboration space for patient advocates.
Thorne also teaches and has lectured on health equity and cultural competency at Quinnipiac University School of Medicine, Rutgers, New York University and Queens College. She has given over 250 keynote presentations and has conducted workshops on cultural competency, anti-bias and diversity. Sheila is known for her unique ability to galvanize communities of color around health and social justice issues and is a frequent panelist during the sessions of the annual Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Health Institute and the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum.
Reaching out to and connecting with communities of color is a moral imperative. It’s a business imperative. For the healthcare system, it is no longer an option in an increasingly multicultural society.