Heather McGhee, the author of the 2021 New York Times best-seller The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, will be a keynote speaker at the 2023 APA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, taking place May 20 – 24.

She will give her address during the Emerging Voices: DEIB, Innovation & Leadership interactive plenary session on Monday, May 23. After her talk, she will join a panel with APA President Rebecca W. Brendel, M.D., J.D., American Bar Association President Deborah Enix-Ross, J.D., and American Medical Association President Jack Resneck, M.D. Together, they will discuss the role and responsibility of the professions of medicine and law in advocacy and action to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in America. Plus, McGhee will be available for a book signing at the APA Bookstore in the Exhibit Hall after the plenary from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

An influential voice in the media and an NBC contributor, Heather McGhee regularly appears on NBC’s Meet the Press and MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Deadline White House, and All In. Her opinions, writing, and research have appeared in numerous outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Politico and National Public Radio.

McGhee holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, and currently serves as a Visiting Lecturer in Urban Studies at the City University of New York’s School of Labor and Urban Studies. She is the Chair of the Board of Color of Change, the country’s largest online racial justice organization, and serves on multiple other boards of trustees, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Demos.

About the Emerging Voices: DEIB, Innovation and Leadership Panel Guest Speakers

Deborah Enix-Ross, a senior adviser to the International Dispute Resolution Group of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, is president of the American Bar Association, the world’s largest voluntary association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals.

Enix-Ross served as chair of the ABA’s policymaking House of Delegates and as chair of the ABA Center for Human Rights. As chair of the ABA International Law Section, she co-founded the Women’s Interest Network and worked with the International Bar Association to create its Women’s Interest Group. She also led an international legal exchange delegation to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana, where she delivered an address commemorating the country’s 50th anniversary of independence.

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, became president of the American Medical Association in June 2022. For more than 20 years, Dr. Resneck has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to organized medicine. He is a passionate advocate for physicians and patients, a prominent spokesperson for innovation, and a champion for a more equitable health care system.

Dr. Resneck was elected to the American Medical Association Board of Trustees in 2014 and served as its chair from 2018 to 2019. He is a former member of the board of the American Academy of Dermatology and the former president of the California Society for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery. Currently, he is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and serves on the board of directors for the National Quality Forum.

Make sure to register for the 2023 Annual Meeting today to experience Heather McGhee’s galvanizing perspectives during her keynote and to join in on the compelling discussion to come on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging with the panel of influential individuals during the plenary session.