SABOR by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Metro Denver was August 5, at Denver Botanic Gardens, with a few thousand people in attendance. Held once a year, it brings together some of Denver’s most amazing people. Here’s one of those amazing people.
Jandel Allen-Davis, MD, is vice president of Government, External Relations and Research for Kaiser Permanente Colorado. She leads the organization’s government relations and regulatory affairs, community relations and community benefit investment, clinical research activities, stakeholder engagement, communications, and advertising and marketing functions.
Dr. Allen-Davis is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and after 25 years, transitioned from a physician leader to Kaiser Permanente’s Health Plan Leadership team.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Allen-Davis completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Before Kaiser Permanente, she was an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and spent four years in the Indian Health Service in Tuba City, Arizona.
Dr. Allen-Davis believes health care will improve when all the primary stakeholder groups collaborate effectively to put the patient at the center.
Dr. Allen-Davis is an active participant on community boards, including current Board Chair of Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors, plus many others. In 2013, she was appointed to serve on the board of Grantmakers in Health, a national organization focused on assisting funders who are actively involved in supporting nonprofits focused on community health. Dr. Allen-Davis served on the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners from 2003–11 and served as president of the board from 2009-11.
Dr. Allen-Davis is the proud recipient of the 2015 Colorado Black Women for Political Action, Excellence in Community Service Award, the 20 Most Powerful Women in Colorado from the Colorado Women’s Chamber in 2013 and many more.
In her spare time, Dr. Allen-Davis is a fiber artist creating original, hand-painted quilts and fiber vessels. Plus, she enjoys staying active, completing the Kaiser Permanente Colfax half-marathon in 2011.
Thank you Dr. Allen-Davis for bringing your gifts to share with us in Amazing Denver.