Dr. J. Nwando Olayiwola is an internationally renowned, accomplished, and transformational Board-certified primary care physician and healthcare executive with a track record of leadership in community health, hospital, academic, private, managed care, consultant, and corporate environments. She has been a tireless advocate for the healthcare of underserved populations and women and girls for decades.
An accomplished health executive and business builder with extensive operational and strategic leadership experience, Dr. Olayiwola has led departments or units with 15-500 staff, built high performing clinical, administrative and research teams, managed budgets ranging from $4 million - $35 million and has been a key architect in design and administration of over $32 million to community-based and academic partners focused on health equity and care for vulnerable populations. She has recently served on the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Clinician Innovators Roundtable and Communities in Action Workgroup for Ohio. She was named one of the Most Influential Minority Executives in healthcare in the nation by Fierce Healthcare, one of 8 Women to Watch in Corporate America by Essence Magazine, honored with the Family Physicians who Are Changing our World award, and was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2022. She currently serves as the inaugural Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President of Humana, Inc., and prior to this, she served as the Chair and Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, where she was also the Founding Director of the Center for Primary Care Innovation and Transformation.
Dr. Olayiwola obtained her bachelor’s in human nutrition/Pre-Medicine from The Ohio State University, Summa Cum Laude and With Distinction, and was a recipient of the Morrill Scholarship equivalent from the Office of Minority Affairs. She received her medical degree from the Ohio State University/ Cleveland Clinic Foundation with multiple Honors and completed her Family Medicine residency at Columbia University, where she was a Chief Resident. She received her master’s degree in public health/health policy from Harvard School of Public Health where she was a Presidential Scholar. She is a wife and mother of two, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.