Jennifer Griggs is an award-winning physician, teacher, and mentor as well as an experienced trauma-informed leadership coach and sought-after speaker. She has conducted research for over 30 years on inequities in patient-clinician communication and quality of cancer care. Jennifer leads a remarkable team of over 20 people working to improve the quality of care across Michigan. She is known for her ability to listen deeply, to find meaning in metaphors, and to ignite and sustain teams.

Jennifer grew up in Rochester, New York and studied at Mount Holyoke College, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (SUNY Buffalo), the University of Rochester, and Columbia University. 

She and her husband have two daughters and a small dog, Daisy, and live in the woods among songbirds and oak trees.