Douglas Scarboro Joins SPH Inaugural Dean’s Healthcare Leadership Community Advisory Group

September 8, 2025 - Douglas Scarboro MBA, MHA, EdD has joined the SPH Dean’s Healthcare Leadership Community Advisory Group, which brings together healthcare leaders whose expertise, experience, and leadership will help provide input about the essential skills, knowledge and competencies that students should possess through their current academic program offerings, particularly the Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, housed within the Division of Health Systems Management and Policy.

Douglas Scarboro is Senior Vice President and Regional Executive of the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, a role he has held since June 2015. He oversees operations serving western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and eastern Arkansas.  

Previously, Douglas Scarboro held dual roles with the City of Memphis as Executive Director of the Office of Talent and Human Capital and Chief Learning Officer.

Active in the Memphis community, he serves on boards including the Better Business Bureau, Barret School of Banking, and Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital National Leadership Council. A recognized leader, he has been named a Top 40 Under 40 and a Power 100 honoree by the Memphis Business Journal.

He has a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Morehouse College in Atlanta, an MBA from Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., a master’s in health care administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an Ed.D. in higher and adult education from the University of Memphis. He completed executive programs at Harvard’s Kennedy School and Business School, as well as McKinsey’s Senior Executive Leadership program.

Learn more about the SPH Inaugural Dean’s Healthcare Leadership Community Advisory Group’s first meeting outcomes by clicking here:
Inaugural Dean’s Healthcare Leadership Community Advisory Group 

Douglas Scarboro MBA, MHA, EdD, Senior Vice President and Regional Executive of the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis