Dean Axelrod - Direct Relief: Working Toward Health Equity Since 1948

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Published Mar 23, 2021

Direct Relief: Working Toward Health Equity Since 1948

Diseases don’t discriminate between rich and poor, but structural inequities mean people who are low-income or affected by other social vulnerability factors feel the impact harder, wherever they live. Learn how Direct Relief, the first charity accredited as a wholesale distributor of prescription medicines in all 50 U.S. states and territories, and a trusted charitable partner in more than 100 countries, is using its global reach to help address health care inequities throughout the U.S. and in low-resource communities around the world.

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has again highlighted the severe inequities that exist in the U.S. among persons of different races, as persons of color have experienced disproportionately higher rates of infection, hospitalization, and death from the virus. Such striking, tragic disparities in the current health crisis are among the current-day effects of a history that, beginning with slavery, included overtly racist practices, policies, and traditions that require continued recognition and focused attention to address.

Dean Axelrod is Associate Director for Partnerships and Philanthropy at Direct Relief. He earned MBA and law degrees from the University of Arizona, and a BA in English from Boston University. Dean is the immediate past-president of the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara and serves on the club’s Board. Dean has been actively involved in the Santa Barbara community with Partners In Education, Women’s Economic Ventures, Santa Barbara Open Streets, Anti-Defamation League, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, and as a coach for the Dos Pueblos High School mock trial team.

Dean and his family moved from Tucson Arizona to Santa Barbara in 2013 to establish a branch office for the financial services firm Edward Jones. Before moving to California, he was a senior manager for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Arizona, he practiced law, and provided small business consulting services.

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