Chapter Leader: Charlotte Bonner

Dr. Charlotte Roxaine Bonner is a Community Health Liaison with over 25 years of experience within academia, nonprofit organizations, and the medical industry. Her launch point into the medical field began with working for the national health organization Kaiser Permanent as a Worker Compensation Claims Specialist. Dr. Bonner also received exposure to hands-on clinical duties while working at Kaiser. After leaving Kaiser Permanente, her journey continued to the Greater Cleveland Health Service Council. While there, she promoted and advocated for healthy living throughout the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan area. There she discovered a love for public speaking by educating low-socioeconomic communities with valuable health resources. Her tenure also includes working for Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland, where it advanced her clinical experience as a Medical Assistant.

Dr. Bonner then migrated to New York to work for the Women in Need Inc. (women’s shelter). She worked as an activity coordinator and facilitated workshops on healthy living, parenting, birth defects, and nutrition. Once again, Dr. Bonner allowed her passion to drive her purpose by becoming the director at Artemis House, a 24-hour emergency shelter for victims in danger of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Before working as the director of Shelter House, Dr. Bonner also spent time in academia with Edward Water University and Florida College at Jacksonville, to name a few. Dr. Bonner is the mother of four Gen Z teenagers. Boss lady/mother is the title she claims.

Dr. Bonner is a doctoral graduate of Walden University in the PhD program in Health Services/Policy. She has received the Community Pearl Award for her outstanding community service for infant and maternal health from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., as well as the Harriett Tubman Trailblazer Award for doing the critical work of co-creating a community organization to help babies be born healthy to mothers and families in communities throughout Jacksonville, FL.

In her role as a chapter leader for the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, Dr. Bonner has done several speaking engagements to get out the word about preventing cervical cancer and has served as a panelist for the Duval County Health Department. Dr. Bonner has made several contributions to the academic world by reviewing textbook material for classes such as Medical Terminology, Pathopsychological, and more. She is also the author of a published book on Amazon titled Health Now: The Rebirth of Mobile Medicine.

Dr. Bonner’s future endeavor is to continue pursuing her nonprofit organization, Medical Oasis Corporation, and its goal to offer a mobile health clinics to increase access to care for working women. Dr. Bonner wants more people to focus on preventive health to increase life expectancy.

Want to learn more about the chapter? Interested in volunteering for an upcoming event or fundraiser, or just getting more information? Contact Charlotte Bonner to learn more.