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President Kaleem Shabazz & VP Yolanda Melville, Esq., invite guests Dr. Wilson Washington, Jr., Director of Health & Human Services, Alexander Bland of NAACPNextGen and Linda Y. Flake, MBA, CEO
of Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers.
Guest's BIOGRAPHY:
Linda Y. Flake, MBA
Linda Flake is the President/Chief Executive Officer of Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, a
federally qualified health center, and has led the agency since May, 1992. Under Ms. Flake’s leadership
the health center substantially expanded its reach into vulnerable communities and now provides a cadre
of services including adult, pediatric, and women’s health care, dentistry, behavioral health, and podiatry,
which are supported by translation, transportation, case management and outreach, at 8 delivery service
sites and two mobile vans in Atlantic, Burlington and Salem counties. Ms. Flake has a unwavering
commitment to improving health outcomes and reducing disparities in disadvantaged communities and
has been an executive working with minority and low wealth populations for 40 years. Ms. Flake has
served on the Board of the National Association of Community Health Centers, is a Past President of the
Board of the New Jersey Primary Care Association, and also served as an officer for the NJPCA for 20
years. She is passionate about her work and continues to work to improve access to health and to enhance
service delivery to New Jersey’s underserved communities.
Ms. Flake has received many awards and acknowledgements that include the Atlantic City Business and
Professional Women’s Award; the Servicios Latinos Award for Removal of Barriers in Health Care; the
US Public Health Service, Region II, Award for community service; the NJ Women’s Aids Network
Award for health services for women and children; the Hammonton Puerto Rican Civic Association
Award; the New Jersey Primary Care Association Award for Women in Health Care; the National
Coalition of 100 Black Women Award; the Camden Schools Foundation Business Award; and 100
Black Women of Southern New Jersey 2015 Candace Award for Women In Health Care; the 2018
Atlantic City NAACP Award for Health Care; the NJPCA 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award: and in
2021, was inducted in the National Association of Community Health Centers Grassroots Hall of Fame
for Community Health Advocacy.
A graduate of Hampton University, she received a Master’s of Business Administration degree from
Temple University. Linda is a member of the Atlantic City Chapter of The Links, Inc.; President of the
Oglatha Terry Flake Gibson Scholarship; and is a member of CCU Baptist Church in Sicklerville, NJ. She
loves music, dancing, reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. She is the wife of
Kim Mack and the proud mother of two daughters, Zakia and Nakia, and grandmother of five.