Dr. Jolene A. Ogunjirin, a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Walden University graduate, is the founding director of a small woman-owned business called Diversity Health, Education & Outreach (DHEO, LLC), based in Northern Virginia.  DHEO, LLC focuses on promoting health education to the Deaf & Hard of Hearing and hearing populations in developed and developing nations.  In developing countries, DHEO, LLC contracts with global medical & surgical outreach organizations to ensure persons with disabilities are included in the medical treatment provisions. 

Dr. Jolene spent nearly a decade as a public health promoter with the African American Health Program of Montgomery County, Maryland,  a community-based program that collaborates with other health specialists and civic groups to ascertain community health needs. She facilitated strategic planning of health education including but not limited to HIV & AIDS, infant mortality, cancer education, and cardiovascular disease health screenings. She has had the opportunity to lead preventative health discussion sessions to county residences at adult correctional facilities and juvenile detention centers.  She has a Master’s in Public Health degree from Howard University College of Medicine that focuses on cardiovascular disease risk factors: health disparities, and a Bachelor’s in chemistry from Gallaudet University.