Director of the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health / Professor of Health Policy and Management at the George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health
Dr. Feygele Jacobs Feygele Jacobs serves as Director of the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. Prior to joining GW, she was President and CEO of the RCHN Community Health Foundation (RCHN CHF), a non-profit foundation dedicated exclusively, until its sunset in 2022, to supporting and benefiting health centers and the communities and patients they serve across America.
She previously was executive VP and chief of staff of the Ryan Community Health Network (RCHN) and its affiliate CenterCare, Inc., a health center owned managed care plan serving low-income people across New York City.
Her long career in care for the underserved has also included positions in both New York City’s and Boston’s public health care systems, and at a major teaching hospital network in New York. In collaboration with colleagues in the Geiger Gibson Program, she has co-authored dozens of policy briefs, data notes and blog posts related to community health center policy and care for the underserved.
Feygele holds a DrPH from the University of Illinois-Chicago School of Public Health, where she also completed a certificate in Public Health Informatics. She is also a graduate of Columbia University (MS Urban Planning, MPH Health Policy and Administration) and Oberlin College.
