Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., was appointed by President Barack Obama as the 18th United States Surgeon General in July, 2009 and served a four-year term. Before becoming “America’s Doctor,” she served her patients at the rural health clinic she founded in tiny, Bayou La Batre, Alabama, keeping the clinic in operation despite damage and destruction inflicted by Hurricanes Georges (1998) and Katrina (2005) and a devastating fire (2006). Based on her work nationally and within underserved communities, Dr. Benjamin will share perspectives on how the private sector, government, academia and nonprofits can work together to build partnerships that result in meaningful, sustainable action toward promoting health equity and inclusion. For more information about this event or to RSVP, please visit http://ncid.umich.edu/events/u-m-diversity-summit/.