Term of Appointment: May 2023 – May 2030
Previous Appointment: Feb 2023 – May 2023
Dr. Joan M. Prince is the President and CEO of Executive Strategies Elite, LLC, a global consulting firm that works with top executive leaders on their most pressing issues. Prince, a Milwaukee native, was the first African American to hold undergraduate and graduate degrees in clinical laboratory medicine with a specialty in flow cytometry and hematology and a doctorate in medical science education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, from which she has received four degrees. She served as the vice chancellor of global inclusion and engagement and as an associate professor in biomedical sciences at her alma mater from 2000 to 2021. In 2012, Dr. Prince was nominated by former President Barack Obama to the U.N. General Assembly as a public delegate with the honorary rank of ambassador. In this role, she occupied the US seat and worked with global leaders, UN committees and related organizations, and also delivered policy statements on behalf of the United States to the international board of nations.