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Dr. Alexander is a family physician who joined the FSU College of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health in 2013. She was in the inaugural class of the FSU College of Medicine, is the first graduate to return as a full-time faculty member, and is the 2017 recipient of the FSU College of Medicine's Distinguished Alumni Award.

Dr. Alexander has been involved in medical education since residency, starting as a part-time teacher at FSU and as a preceptor at the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program. While teaching part-time, she was also in private practice and was the Medical Director at Patients First Raymond Diehl in Tallahassee for five years. Dr. Alexander is the Immediate Past President of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians, serves on the board of the Florida Medical Association, and is a Delegate to the American Medical Association. She is also the local medical correspondent for WCTV News and has been featured on NPR, BBC News, and Oprahmagazine.com. Her interests include health advocacy, wellness, and educating and developing exemplary physicians who practice patient-centered health care, especially through service to elder, rural, minority, and underserved populations.

Dr. Brown Speights is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health at the FSU College of Medicine, is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and is fellowship trained in maternal child health. She previously served as the Medical Director for the National Community Center of Excellence in Women’s Health at the University of South Florida.

Dr. Brown Speights is a 2017 inaugural fellow of the Leaders for Health Equity International Fellowship at George Washington University, is the 2018 recipient of the FSU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Distinguished Service Award, and has served as the Chair of the Maternal and Child Health Equity Collaborative since 2015. She is an alumna of FAMU and completed medical training at Emory University School of Medicine before completing the St. Vincent’s Family Medicine Residency (FL). Her interests include promotion of health equity, especially maternal child health equity through community-engaged research, clinical care, advocacy, and education. She is also focused on faculty vitality, mentoring, wellness promotion, and empowerment of women and girls. She and her husband co-pastor University Ministries International.

Dr. Suchak is an associate professor in the Department of Geriatrics at the FSU College of Medicine and the current Big Bend Hospice Medical Director. Previously, she served as Big Bend Hospice Associate Medical Director from 2016 to 2020.

Dr. Suchak is board certified through the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has extensive clinical and leadership experience in a multitude of healthcare environments. She is the past President of the Florida Geriatrics Society and serves as co-chair for the American Geriatrics Society International Activities Special Interest Group. In 2012, she received the Clinician of the Year Award by the American Geriatrics Society.