Co-Host
Robert "Clarence "Jones, M. Ed., CHW, CPH, is the Executive Director and Community Health Strategist for the Hue-MAN Partnership and a co-host of the Health Chatter podcast. He was the former Director of Community Engagement at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in south Minneapolis. He is an Adjunct Instructor of Medicine for the Mayo Clinic and has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Saint Catherine University in the School of Public Health. He served as a member of the CTSI Executive Leadership team at the University of Minnesota and as a member of the Public Health Disparities Research Board (PHDR) and CEARCH at the University of Minnesota. He is a former board member of the Minnesota Urban Area Health Education Center (AHEC), the Mayor's Representative and co-chair for the Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) for the City of Minneapolis, and a National Community Representative for the National Children's Study (NCS). He has received many awards for his community activities and was a recipient of the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health "Agency of the Year."
Clarence is a founding member of Hue-MAN Partnership, a community collaboration of organizations that promotes "Healthy Men, Healthy Families, and Healthy Communities. Clarence also hosts the "Community Health Dialogue" radio show on KMOJ RADIO, 89.9 FM.