Charmaine Frederick

Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders

2009

Charmaine Frederick is the Health and Human Services Director for the Oneida Indian Nation Health Department, located on Oneida homelands in Madison County, New York. She received a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Health Care Management from SUNY Institute of Technology in 2001. A tribal member of the Oneida Indian Nation (Turtle Clan), Frederick is a member of the Oneida Indian Nation Housing Board and the Stockbridge Valley Central School Native American Mentor Program.

Scholar Testimonials

Participating in Ladder to Leadership has been an extraordinary experience. I’m much more confident in my conflict-management and decision-making skills; and my network of community partners has expanded tremendously. The impact has spread to my supervisory staff, to other leaders within my organization, and to my community. In my native language I want to say Yaw^ Ko (yaw-uh-go)—which means ‘a big thank you’—to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for providing me with this pivotal leadership experience.