Shirley Evers-Manly

Shirley Evers-Manly, PhD, RN, FAAN is the Founder and President of All Health Care, Imani’s in Oakland, California, and former Senior Managing Director of Clinical Development at Paladin Healthcare Management, in El Segundo, California, where she served as Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Services at six hospitals across the country. Presently she is serving as Interim Dean and Professor of Alcorn State School of Nursing in Natchez, Mississippi.  She earned a PhD from the University of California, San Francisco, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing degree from Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California. Shirley D. Evers-Manly is a member of the National Black Nurses Association and currently serves as its First Vice President and is the Chair of the Association’s Ad hoc Committee on Global Health.  She has more than 35 years of experience developing and implementing clinical, academic, and community-based health promotion and prevention programs; as well as, working with vulnerable populations and speaking about diversity locally and abroad. She is an internationally recognized expert in oncology and health disparities throughout the life span and has made significant contributions in advocating to eliminate health disparities and inequities throughout the world. She gives voice to those who feel they have no voice.