Mr. Nash came to the National Library of Medicine in 1990 as Equal Employment Opportunity Manager. For 15 years, he has been advising the NLM Director and senior staff on issues of employment discrimination. He has designed numerous training programs to orient NLM staff to EEO's purpose, goals, and benefits. Mr. Nash supervised NLM's outstanding Adopt-a-School program, was instrumental in creating the NLM Diversity Council, and has introduced many community outreach programs with national organizations to improve the dissemination of health information to diverse populations.
Because of his extensive work in community outreach and his experience in motivating students in schools around the nation, Mr. Nash was named by the NLM Director as the Library's Education and Outreach Liaison in 2005. From this position he is expanding the work he has begun with such institutions as the Arthur Ashe Academy for Urban Health, the Charles Drew Medical Center, the Southern Foundation (serving Alaska Natives), the Health Heritage House, the YMCA National Capital Board, and the Grady Memorial Hospital.
In addition to the above, Mr. Nash was selected by the President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to present NLM/NIH health related topics, educational opportunities and careers in America at the Second Biennial International Workshop on "Global Perspectives In Education: Emerging Challenges, Opportunities and Innovative Approaches" held at Cape Town, South Africa in October 2007.
For his outstanding efforts, Mr. Nash has twice been awarded the National Institutes of Health Award of Merit and has received the NLM Director's recognition for his work with the NLM Diversity Council. He has also received recognition from communities across the country, such as the Michael E. DeBakey Award for his work with the DeBakey High School in Houston, Texas, for training health professionals.
Before coming to the National Library of Medicine, Mr. Nash was EEO specialist and director of complaints management at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. He also has a decade of valuable experience working for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in offices across the country.
Mr. Nash attended Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri and the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He has a B.S. in Psychology. At the University of Kansas, Mr. Nash was a basketball star and, upon graduation, he joined the Chicago Bulls of the NBA and then the Harlem Globetrotters. He has been on goodwill basketball tours around the world.
Mr. Nash is a much-valued expert in areas of cultural diversity, community outreach, and issues concerning health disparities and education within a diverse population.