Dr. Jan Young​

Chief Oversight Officer and Board Member

Dr. Jan Young is MDVISIT CLINIC’s Chief Oversight Officer. She ensures that processes and activities are efficient and effective.

Dr. Jan Young is also the Executive Director of the Assisi Foundation of Memphis. With broad experiences in healthcare, education, the military, and nonprofit management, Jan enjoys being a thought partner who explores opportunities and challenges to help facilitate positive transformational change at the individual, institutional, community, and public policy levels.

Dr. Jan Young has had a distinguished career in education, health care, the military, and philanthropy. Currently, as Executive Director of The Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Dr. Young has overall accountability for facilitating the Foundation’s philanthropic activities, management, community relations, and strategic direction. The Assisi Foundation is a health legacy foundation created from the sale of St. Francis Hospital in 1994. Its mission is effective philanthropy. With the mission of “effective philanthropy”, the Foundation strives to respond to the diverse needs of our community to support health, lifelong learning, social justice, and stewardship of resources. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded over two hundred ninety million dollars to not-for-profit organizations serving people primarily in Memphis, Tennessee, and the surrounding metro area. Dr. Young serves in an advisory capacity for multiple nonprofits and is a past Board member of Philanthropy Southeast.
Dr. Young’s military service began with the U.S. Army Nursing Corps Reserves and later transferred to the Air National Guard. She received the national honor of Outstanding Air National Guard Nurse and led the team that received the Air National Guard’s first Outstanding Health Promotion Program Award. After serving in numerous roles of progressive responsibility, Dr. Young was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and served as the Air National Guard Advisor to the Assistant Surgeon General, United States Air Force, Medical Force Development and Nursing Services. In that role, she focused on national policy issues, analysis, and evaluation. At the completion of that tour, she was appointed to her terminal assignment as the Air National Guard Assistant to Air Education and Training Command, retiring as a Major General.