Jerry Monroe is the Director for the Center of Community Health and Wellness at Washington Health Institute where he serves in a key leadership role responsible for the operations, performance, and growth of the Case Management and Holistic Care Departments. This includes medical/non-medical case management, psychosocial support, early intervention services, wellness programs, and outreach services. He is the previous Director of Certification and Testing at the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) and previous Associate Vice President of Workforce Development at Home Builders Institute (HBI) and Chief Academic Officer at Contemporary Family Services (CFS), a previous family-owned business for over 20 years. He has also served as Director of Postsecondary and Nonpublic Schools Accreditation with AdvancED, where he worked heavily in accreditation and curriculum development. Community health and wellness combined with workforce development and educational initiatives has been a vital part of Mr. Monroe’s career.

Mr. Monroe credits two universities with preparing him for all paths he has taken in the fields of community health and wellness combined with education and workforce initiatives, Grambling State University, and Northeast Louisiana University, where he pursued both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Although the outcomes of mastering these universities have produced earned credentials, the academic lessons combined with life’s lessons from these undergraduate institutions are what gave him the motivation and courage to step beyond boundaries to extend his talents and skills to a more diverse and larger audience. With previous experiences serving as Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of Education, Program Director and Associate Executive Director at Med Tech College and Lincoln College, Mr. Monroe combines all his endeavors to support a continuous improvement process in community health, education, and workforce development.

Mr. Monroe has led and served on more than 200 accreditation site visits at various institutions around the world and has been instrumental in ensuring that compliance and accreditation standards were met successfully. He has also served on various Advisory Boards, Committees and Subject Matter Expert Coalitions promoting community health, holistic care, human rights initiatives, and educational opportunities for improvement. He has also worked heavily with lobbyists on various campaigns and initiatives. He wholeheartedly believes that all individuals should be granted the opportunity to gain professional development and employability skills to get them successfully functioning in society.

When he’s not involved in expanding the minds of others and empowering community health and wellness, he enjoys socializing with friends while sharing brilliant ideas and embracing one another’s differences. He also enjoys traveling the world with his spouse, cooking, relaxing on his favorite float in his pool, real estate flipping, interior design, and most of all his special cuddle time with his fluffy poodle Samson, whom he spoils rotten.