Ian Lee Brown serves as Chief Community Health and Social Impact Officer for Duke University Health System, where he leads enterprise-wide strategies for community health, social impact, and cross-sector partnerships that advance care that is accessible, responsive, and grounded in community needs, population health, and whole-person care.

With more than two decades of leadership experience, Ian has held senior roles across academic medical centers, health systems, senior living, affordable housing, finance, and social-impact organizations. His career is grounded in early work in community health and development in the Washington, DC region, where he led community and political affairs, volunteer services, pastoral care, and nationally recognized violence-prevention initiatives.

At Duke Health, Ian has previously served as Chief Employee Experience Officer and Interim Associate Vice President for Community Health, overseeing employee experience, employee listening, change management, organizational culture, belonging, workforce well-being, professionalism, and workplace violence prevention, as well as community health assessments, community benefit portfolios, and multi-sector coalitions.

Ian holds a Doctor of Medical and Health Humanities and a Contemplative Professional Graduate Certificate from Drew University; a Master of Science in Applied Behavioral Science and Organizational Development and a Graduate Certificate in Senior Living and Healthcare from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School; a Master of Liberal Studies from Lake Forest College; and completed his undergraduate education at Brooklyn College. He has additional training in Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. In recognition of his leadership and impact, Ian was named an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Influential Leader in 2022 and a Distinguished Johns Hopkins University alumnus in 2025.

An immigrant from Jamaica, Ian brings a community-rooted, interdisciplinary approach to advancing equitable health outcomes.

Kimberly Monroe shows her passion to help others by working to improve the health and well-being of Triangle communities. A self-described "global citizen," she enjoys collaboration and inclusiveness. She's worked with a variety of local organizations that include: Partnership for a Healthy Durham, Durham County Women's Commission, Homeless Services Advisory Committee, Durham Connects Advisory Committee, African American Dance Ensemble and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance. 

Nationally, she serves on the culture of health workgroup for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and participated in the National Academy of Medicine Culture of Health cohort meetings.

Before coming to Duke in 1997, she worked at UNC Physicians Network and Piedmont Health Services in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Kimberly received her bachelor degree in business and finance from McMurry University, and a master's degree in public administration with a concentration in human services administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

She is an ordained elder at Victorious Life Fellowship Church in Durham. 

Darla Wohlfarth has many roles with the Office of Community Health. She manages the DUHS Summer Internship Program, a collaboration between Duke University Health System, Made In Durham, and Durham YouthWorks. She also administers our grant programs and grant sponsorship benefits. Darla regularly represents the office in the community.

Her previous professional experience includes coordinating events at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as public relations and marketing positions for SunTrust, WJXT-TV 4, a CBS affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida, and Macy's Inc.

Darla received bachelor degrees in journalism and sociology from Duquesne University.