Barbara L. Bungy Named CEO of Philly FIGHT Community Health Centers

Philadelphia FIGHT has announced the hiring of Barbara L. Bungy, MPH, MBA as the new Chief Operating Officer for FIGHT's Community Health Centers. A member of the FIGHT Board of Directors since 2012, Bungy most recently served as the Board Secretary. She will begin on March 7.
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"We're truly excited to welcome Barbara to our senior management team," said Executive Director Jane Shull. "She has been an outstanding Board Member at FIGHT, and a valued community partner and volunteer for many years. We're confident that she is the perfect fit for this newly-created position."

Bungy brings outstanding leadership to the Philadelphia FIGHT team. Over the past eight years, Barbara has been employed by Drexel University College of Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in several management positions including the Executive Director for the Center of the Urban Child, HIV Prevention Services Program Manager, and the Director of Grant Funded Programs within the Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric & Adolescent HIV, a comprehensive primary and specialty HIV/AIDS care provider for HIV exposed newborns and HIV positive infants, children, adolescents as well as their affected families.
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In her new role, Bungy will lead the clinical and administrative operations of FIGHT's Federal Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC).

A graduate of Rowan University, Bungy earned two Master's Degrees from Drexel University, an MPH in Public Health and an MBA in Business Administration. She is a results-driven individual who brings a wealth of knowledge in clinical operations, management, and systems in support of Philadelphia FIGHT's mission and vision.
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Philadelphia FIGHT is a comprehensive health services organization providing state-of-the art, culturally competent primary care to low income members of the community, HIV specialty care, consumer education, advocacy, social services, and outreach to people living with HIV and those who are at high risk, including family members, communities with high rates of HIV, formerly incarcerated persons, and young people at risk, along with access to the most advanced clinical research in HIV treatment and prevention. Each year FIGHT reaches over 8,000 individuals with medical care, research, social services and education programs. FIGHT's goal is to end the AIDS epidemic within the lifetime of those currently living with HIV.
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