Jean Fisher Brinkley is NCMB’s Communications Director, a role that involves developing and overseeing production of communications materials and strategies needed to enhance public and professional awareness and understanding of the Board and its mission. She joined NCMB in 2008, after an 11-year career in newspaper journalism, most of it dedicated to reporting on medicine, health policy, and the business aspects of health care.

Brinkley earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Mills College in Oakland, CA, and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Raleigh with her husband and two daughters.

You can reach Jean at podcast@ncmedboard.org

Sylvia French-Hodges is the Communications Specialist for the North Carolina Medical Board. She is responsible for managing the Board’s social media efforts, organizing, and supporting multi-media projects including videos and the MedBoard Matters podcast, and is the in-house graphic designer and photographer. Sylvia also manages the Board's intranet. 

With a background in corporate communications and graphic design, Sylvia joined NCMB in 2017. She lives in Raleigh with her husband and has one adult child.