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In honor of Black History Month, please join the Alumni Relations and Development (ARD) Diversity Council for a conversation about diversity in media and medicine with Zoanne Clack ’90, an award-winning writer and executive producer of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and its spinoff, Station 19.

Clack will share her experiences as a veteran television writer and medical consultant, and discuss how she found personal and professional balance working in television production and picking up ER shifts. She also will discuss her role in shaping—and normalizing—representation in entertainment, and the progress still needed around diversity in both the creative and medical communities.

Following the presentation, Alison Rodriguez ’22 MS will moderate a Q&A with Clack. 

February 22, 2023

11:00 a.m.–Noon CST   

Speakers:

Zoanne Clack ’90 
Zoanne Clack is an executive producer on Grey’s Anatomy, with which she been involved since it began, assisting in the formulation and production of all medical aspects of the show. She became head writer of Station 19 in 2022. Clack attended Northwestern, UT Southwestern Medical School, and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She completed a residency in emergency medicine and a fellowship in injury prevention, and spent a year at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She also has served on the board of the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) and is a trustee on the board of the Producer-WGA Pension & Health Fund. Clack is a staunch advocate of promoting public health issues through the media.

Alison Rodriguez ’22 MS
Alison Rodriguez is a program assistant for ARD and a member of the ARD Diversity Council. She also is an actor, filmmaker, and teacher focused on diversity and racial equity. She has worked at Bailiwick Repertory Theater, National Pastime Theater, and HealthWorks Theater, and her films have appeared in the Pan African Film Festival, San Francisco Black Film Festival, Black Harvest International Film Festival, and Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. She has taught acting and directing at Columbia College for more than 20 years.