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Dr. Melicia Whitt-Glover is Executive Director for the Council on Black Health, housed in the Dornsife School of Public at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. CBH's mission is to develop and promote solutions that achieve health in Black communities. She is also President and CEO of Gramercy Research Group in Winston Salem, NC. Gramercy's mission is to positively impact and improve the lives of individuals and communities by addressing health and related issues. For 20+ years, Dr. Whitt-Glover has been engaged in research and evaluation projects to identify effective strategies to promote adherence to national recommendations for physical activity, diet, and healthy weight gain to address disparities in chronic disease morbidity and mortality. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, national and local foundations, and local government organizations. She was a member of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, which was a group of the country's most accomplished physical activity and health expertise who will play a critical role in a comprehensive process, culminating with the publication of the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Dr. Whitt-Glover received her BA (Exercise Physiology, 1993) and MA (Exercise Physiology, 1996) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. (Epidemiology, 1999) from the University of South Carolina.