DeAnna L. Minus-Vincent MPA

DeAnna Minus-Vincent is the Corporate Vice President, for the Social Impact and Community Investment practice at RWJBarnabas Health. In this role, DeAnna coordinates the housing and community development initiatives; oversees the planning, development and implementation of a system-wide universal social determinants of health (SDOH) screening that seeks to integrate social and behavioral factors into clinical settings; collaborates with local facilities to ensure adherence to social impact principles; identifies ways to use data and technology to track progress and enhance health outcomes; and she also serves as the departmental liaison to the departments of communications and development.



Before coming to RWJBarnabas Health, DeAnna served for more than seven years as the Chief Engagement Officer at Benefits Data Trust (BDT), a national social change organization, where she facilitated cross-sector partnerships, diversified the organization’s revenue streams and oversaw the organization’s strategic positioning. Additionally, she has served as the Assistant Commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in Trenton, where she oversaw the Division of Housing & Community Resources, Division on Women, Center on Hispanic Policy and several functional units.



Adding to her resume, DeAnna was the Director, Office of Institutional Advancement, at the Stuart Country Day School in Princeton, overseeing all development, public relations and communications functions and the Director of Planning and Development for the Central Jersey Family Health Consortium in North Brunswick where she analyzed birth certificate data to better understand maternal and child health outcomes and create programming to improve the lives of women, infants and children in New Jersey.



DeAnna serves on several national, statewide and local organizations, including as a board member for the Corporation for Supportive Housing and the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, as well as a member of the national Healthy Food Community of Practice, New Jersey WIC Advisory Board, and NJ Alliance to End Hunger.



DeAnna received a Master of Public Administration from Rutgers University, and a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Morgan State University. DeAnna is a native New Jerseyan and lives in Lumberton with her husband, Daryl and daughter, Darynn.