Joyce Tapley, 2022 Graduation Speech

Joyce E. Tapley, MHA ‘90, is the 2022 Alumni Impact Award recipient! This award is the highest recognition the School bestows on alumni who are trailblazers, groundbreakers, influencers, educators and mentors with a demonstrated record of impactful service and achievement across public health disciplines and settings.
Tapley is a 30+ year leader in the health care industry, and has been the Chief Executive Officer of Foremost Family Health Centers since 1998, which provides comprehensive health services to communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, regardless of their ability to pay. Providing equity in healthcare has been a lifelong passion of Tapley’s, who received her Master's of Health Administration from the School of Public Health in 1990. She hosts the monthly podcast, Healthcare Chat with Joyce Tapley, which covers the intersectionality of healthcare, social issues and public policy.