How A Healthcare Leader Plans To Fix Georgia Schools

How A Healthcare Leader Plans To Fix Georgia Schools

March 20, 2026 · 1h 10m · Season 3 · Episode 72

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Dr. Nelva Lee discusses her journey from healthcare executive to education reformer and her plans to improve Georgia schools.

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to fix a system that keeps letting kids down? We sit down with Dr. Nelva Lee—healthcare executive turned education reformer—to map a practical path from broken metrics to better lives. Her story runs from directing patient advocacy at a major health system to founding a medical interpreting trade school, and now to a statewide campaign for Georgia’s superintendent of schools. Along the way, she learned how to coach under pressure, where bureaucracy hides was...

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