Press Releases
Asante Joins Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
May 1, 2008
Winston-Salem - Ms. Abena Asante has joined the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust as a program officer in the Health Care Division. She will be working primarily with health care nonprofits in western North Carolina.
Asante brings both foundation experience and a background in health care to her position. Prior to joining the Trust, Abena was a program officer at the Moses Cone-Wesley Long Community Health Foundation in Greensboro. She also worked with HealthServe, a free clinic in Guilford County, and as a community health educator with the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention section of the Guilford County Health Department.
Asante grew up in Ghana, West Africa, but came to the United States as a teenager. She has a bachelor of science degree in Community Health Education from the University of Florida and a master's degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.