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Healing Hands Luncheon

Every spring, the Healing Hands Luncheon is held to amplify awareness of our mission to deliver quality and compassionate healthcare to those in need, all while seeking vital funding. We are looking forward to the 2025 Healing Hands Luncheon on March 26, 2025!

Healing Hands Luncheon 2025 Chairs

Barclay Berdan

Honorary chair

Anne Besser & Courtney Joyner Gage

LUNCHEON CO-CHAIRs

Featured Speaker: Renaisa Anthony MD, MPH

Dr. Renaisa Anthony is a physician, public health practitioner, and a champion for health equity. Born premature to a single mother in one of the lowest income zip codes in Detroit, Michigan, her humble beginnings exposed her to the impact of poverty and the social determinants of health on life outcomes.

As a result, Dr. Anthony is personally and professionally dedicated to advancing equity by optimizing the health, lives and wellbeing of underserved and under-resourced communities by integrating medicine, public health, advocacy, and prioritizing technology.

Dr. Anthony earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago, Master of Public Health from Harvard University, Ob/Gyn PGY training at Vanderbilt University and a Health Policy Fellowship at the NIH and the Office of the Surgeon General.

Her work has helped position technology at the forefront of healthcare solutions, ensuring that digital tools, data science, and AI are used to bridge gaps to advance equity across marginalized populations.

Dr. Anthony is a recognized leader and a few of her honors include:

  • Congressional Top 40 Under 40 Leader in Health Care Award 
  • Recognition from the U.S. Surgeon General for Leadership in Pre-Term Birth Advocacy
  • National Medical Association’s Top Doctor Under 40
  • TEDx Talk: “A Recipe for Health Equity in the 21st Century”’

Featured Emcee: WFAA's Chris Lawrence

We are excited to welcome WFAA anchor and reporter, Chris Lawrence, as the emcee for the 2025 Healing Hands Luncheon. 

2025 Sponsors

Speaker Sponsor

Texas Health Resources

Valet Sponsor

Baker Triangle

2025 Host Committee

Carol and Steve Baker
Lindsay Ballotta
Christy Berry
Pam and Keith Braley
Christie Carter
Andrea and Heath Cheek
Regina Montoya and Paul Coggins
Carol Dalton
Leslie Diers
Tiffany Divis
Laura Downing
Anne Marie and Jeff Drummond
Susan Farris
Sara Fisher
Shannon Fisher
Lynn Fisher
Patti Flowers
Joe Foster
Kristi S. Francis
Elizabeth Gambrell
Sara Lee Gardner
Susan Glassmoyer
Shannon Graham
Betsy and Lee Halford
Kristen and Steve Harris
Caroline Harrison Loehr
Terri Heard

Kim Hext
Catherine Jaynes
Julie and Kregg Jodie
Cheryl and Richard Joyner
Pat and Chris Kelly
Patty Leyendecker
Paige Locke
Sarah Losinger
Cheri and Eric Luck
Lynn McBee
Margaret Elizabeth McKissack
Anne McPherson
Amy and Ran Merrill
Maria and Phil Miller
Isabell Novakov Higginbotham
Pam Perella
Mary Martha and John Pickens
Kim Quinn
Nancy Scripps
Linda and Les Secrest
Daphne Shipowitz
Lisa and Bill Sims
Debbie Thomas
Stacey Walker
Candace Winslow
Katherine Wyker