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PRESIDENT AND CEO, MARCH OF DIMES, ARLINGTON COUNTY
PRESIDENT AND CEO, MARCH OF DIMES, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Cherot is the first physician to lead the 85-year-old March of Dimes, an organization founded in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat polio. Today, the March of Dimes focuses on healthy pregnancies and births.
An OB-GYN, Cherot joined the nonprofit in January 2023 as senior vice president and chief medical and health officer, leading the Office of Maternal and Child Health Impact. After the previous CEO left to lead Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Cherot was named CEO. Before joining March of Dimes, she was chief medical officer for Axia Women’s Health.
In 2023, the nonprofit awarded more than $5.3 million to research initiatives, trained more than 25,000 health care professionals on issues related to preterm birth and maternal health care, and advocated for policy changes at the state and local level to protect mothers and mothers-to-be.
Cherot earned her medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; she earned an MBA and bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.
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