Montrece McNeill Ransom

Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD, MPH, ACC, BCC serves as the Director of the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training at The National Network of Public Health Institutes. She is also an ICF-certified executive leadership Coach and a DEI-certified belonging strategist with over 20 years of experience in public health law, training, and workforce development.  Ms. Ransom received her law degree from the University of Alabama, her MPH from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, and her Executive Leadership Coaching Certification from Georgetown University.

In addition, she has received a certificate in training and facilitation from the Association of Talent Development and a DEI in the Workplace certification from the University of South Florida.  An award-winning coach, speaker, and public health practitioner, Ms. Ransom was selected as one of the top 5 most influential coaches of 2021 by Entrepreneur Mogul, was the ABA Health Law Section’s 2019 Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Awardee, and she was the 2017 recipient of the American Public Health Association Jennifer Robbins Award for the Practice of Public Health Law.

She is currently the President of the American Society for Law, Medicine, is a global public speaker, peer-reviewed published author, and the Co-Editor of the textbook, Public Health Law: Concepts and Case Studies.