DeAnna Minus-Vincent

DeAnna Minus-Vincent is the executive vice president, chief social justice and accountability officer for RWJBarnabas Health. In this role, DeAnna works across the system, with internal and external stakeholders to co-design strategies that improve health outcomes, promote health equity and eliminate health disparities. Specifically, her portfolio includes leading the system’s anti-racism efforts which seek to develop a strategy to ensure that patients, employees, and communities in which RWJBH serves are equitable, anti-racist, and free from discriminatory practices that promote poor health, social, and economic outcomes. Additionally, DeAnna designed and leads, Health Beyond the Hospital, integrates social factors into the clinical setting by overcoming barriers for both providers and patients. Funded by the Walmart and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations, this effort offers culturally and linguistically appropriate social determinant of health screening and connection to services for patients. Finally, she oversees the system’s housing and community development initiatives, key social determinants of health that promoted positive outcomes for children  and families.  

Before coming to RWJBarnabas Health, DeAnna served for more than seven years as the chief engagement officer at Benefits Data Trust (BDT), a national social change organization, where she facilitated cross-sector partnerships, diversified the organization’s revenue streams and oversaw the organization’s strategic positioning. Additionally, she has served as the assistant commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.

DeAnna serves on the board of trustees of The Root Cause Coalition, Corporation for Supportive Housing and the Center for NonProfits of New Jersey. She has also been named to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Jegna Advisory Committee, American Heart Association’s Woman of Impact, and has been recognized by ROI-NJ as an Influencer of Color, an Influencer in Healthcare, and an Influencer in Business.

DeAnna received a Master of Public Administration from Rutgers University, and a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Morgan State University, a historically Black university. DeAnna is currently pursuing a Doctorate in business administration with a concentration in health leadership and innovation. Born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey DeAnna lives in Lumberton with her husband, Daryl and daughter, Darynn.