Pernell Brice
Vice President of Policy & Advocacy for Children's Health Fund
Pernell serves as the Vice President of Policy & Advocacy for Children’s Health Fund, a national non-profit that provides and advocates for high-quality healthcare services to children in rural and urban areas.
Most recently, Pernell was the Executive Director of the Food Education Fund, a non-profit focused on supporting aspiring New York City (NYC) culinary high school students throughout the five boroughs. Pernell has also overseen wide-ranging impact investment projects focusing on entrepreneurs in the Brownsville, Brooklyn community as the Executive Director of a NYC Family Foundation.
Pernell began his career in politics as an opposition researcher for President Clinton followed by experiences as a staffer for former New Jersey United States Senator Robert Torricelli and a lobbyist for Manatt, Phelps, Phelps & Phillips. He continues to support entrepreneurs as an advisor to Questlove’s Future of Food Summer Program in Silicon Valley.
Pernell studied at Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Center of Government