Thea L. James, MD, MPH, MBA, is the current Vice President of Mission, the Associate Chief Medical Officer and Co-Executive Director of the Health Equity Accelerator at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and a Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program at Boston Medical Center (BMC). Dr. James is also a founding member of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI) and was appointed to Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence in 2011. In her capacity at BMC, Dr. James partners with caregivers and key organizations to coordinate relationships and strategic alliances to ensure patients and communities have the tools needed to thrive. Her focus on creating a strategic ecosystem of growth, innovation, and effective models of care is rooted in equity, clinical excellence, and economic justice.