Her story
April F. Boyd, our President & CEO, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. April is the founding principal officer and board president of ACE TeleHelp Services - Georgia, Inc. She has served in healthcare leadership for over 20 years. She is an innovator, business thought-leader, health equity champion, virtual healthcare inclusionist, and a traditional medicine disrupter. April currently holds a senior leadership position as Director of Telemedicine for a statewide healthcare organization in Texas. In addition, she is a telehealth and leadership consultant for Coleman Research, an international consulting firm.
April is a doctoral candidate in the Organization & Management Leadership, PhD program at Liberty University. She completed her undergraduate studies at Alabama State University and Luther Rice University. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership from Luther Rice University. She has a certification from the National School of Applied Telehealth. Although accomplished, April is often heard encouraging others, "It's not where you come from, but where you're going and how hard you're willing to work to get there!" ACE is such a heart work for April because she was born the youngest of five children and raised in the inner-city housing projects in Atlanta, Georgia. She knows firsthand about growing up marginalized, on welfare, and receiving medical care via Medicaid. Her personal experience with chronic disease brings this work directly to her doorstep, as she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 (as seen in the picture after having a port installed in her chest to make chemotherapy and collecting labs easier), qualifying her as a health justice advocate. While fighting breast cancer, her mom was battling endometria cancer. In spite of her survival, her mom succumbed to her illness in 2019. It is for these reasons she is invested in health equity, as a champion to help improve health outcomes for underserved populations. From childhood, she understands the disparities poverty imposes upon healthcare. Ultimately, she believes this work is really a matter of the heart. In her words, "You don't know your why until it makes you cry and, that is why I know - I'm in alignment for my purpose-driven assignment." She has experienced many sleepless nights over health injustices concerning the underserved and marginalized, specifically Black and Brown populations. April is unapologetically and unashamedly grateful to proclaim that her faith grounds and sustains her. She is ever so convinced, "A faith that can't be tested, is a faith that can't be trusted!"
April is a doctoral candidate in the Organization & Management Leadership, PhD program at Liberty University. She completed her undergraduate studies at Alabama State University and Luther Rice University. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership from Luther Rice University. She has a certification from the National School of Applied Telehealth. Although accomplished, April is often heard encouraging others, "It's not where you come from, but where you're going and how hard you're willing to work to get there!" ACE is such a heart work for April because she was born the youngest of five children and raised in the inner-city housing projects in Atlanta, Georgia. She knows firsthand about growing up marginalized, on welfare, and receiving medical care via Medicaid. Her personal experience with chronic disease brings this work directly to her doorstep, as she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 (as seen in the picture after having a port installed in her chest to make chemotherapy and collecting labs easier), qualifying her as a health justice advocate. While fighting breast cancer, her mom was battling endometria cancer. In spite of her survival, her mom succumbed to her illness in 2019. It is for these reasons she is invested in health equity, as a champion to help improve health outcomes for underserved populations. From childhood, she understands the disparities poverty imposes upon healthcare. Ultimately, she believes this work is really a matter of the heart. In her words, "You don't know your why until it makes you cry and, that is why I know - I'm in alignment for my purpose-driven assignment." She has experienced many sleepless nights over health injustices concerning the underserved and marginalized, specifically Black and Brown populations. April is unapologetically and unashamedly grateful to proclaim that her faith grounds and sustains her. She is ever so convinced, "A faith that can't be tested, is a faith that can't be trusted!"