African American, next-gen Milwaukee philanthropists lead $2 million campaign for health equity research
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Last updated on March 5th, 2021 at 01:55 pm
Kevin Newell
When it comes to the outcomes that the
ThriveOn Collaboration is aiming to see – the elimination of health disparities in a historically underinvested part of Milwaukee – Kevin Newell says he’s “all in.”
Newell, president and CEO of
Royal Capital Group, which is developing the collaboration’s new home on King Drive, has been involved in the real estate side of the project since it was announced over two years ago.
But in a demonstration of his personal commitment to the project, he recently contributed $100,000 to a fundraising campaign in support of ThriveOn’s inaugural endowed chair in health equity research. Dr. Leonard Egede, a professor of medicine, chief of the division of general internal medicine, and director of the Center for Advancing Population Science at the Medical College of Wisconsin at MCW, has been awarded the endowed chair appointment, ThriveOn partners recently announced.