# Dallas Ducar

Dallas Ducar is an entrepreneur, advocate, and healthcare leader. She currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations at Fenway Health. Prior to this Dallas was the founding President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Transhealth opening the first ‘independent, comprehensive’ transgender health center. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, a nurse practitioner, and healthcare executive. Her writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Hill, Newsweek, and STAT among other outlets. She has been featured on major media outlets including MSNBC, NBC, NPR, Reuters, and Radio Boston.

## Early life and education

Dallas Ducar is from Phoenix, Arizona. She studied at the University of Virginia, where she majored in philosophy and cognitive science with a focus on neuroscience, and minored in bioethics. She volunteered on the Charlottesville-Albermarle Rescue Squad, and was an emergency nurse, psychiatric nurse, and psychiatric nurse practitioner. She also holds a certificate in Public Leadership from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government.

## Career

Ducar founded and led Transhealth as its CEO from April 2020 to May 2024. Transhealth was founded in Western Massachusetts in 2021 to provide clinical care, research, advocacy, and education related to gender-affirming healthcare. Dallas oversaw the expansion of Transhealth which founded in 2021, has welcomed patients from other New England states such as Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont and the expansion of telehealth.
Ducar left Transhealth in the summer of 2024. Soon thereafter, Ducar joined Fenway Health, one of the largest providers of LGBTQIA+ healthcare, in Boston. She joined Fenway to lead policy, communications, and development activities as the Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.
According to Fenway Health, “Dallas joins Fenway Health at a unique juncture in our history, a time demanding courage and unyielding dedication to our values. In a climate where equality, freedom, and dignity are more than words but urgent calls to action, Dallas understands that Fenway Health’s role is not just regional but national. Her strategic insight and experience in public policy, healthcare advocacy, and development will bolster our partnerships and bring together voices from Boston to beyond, uniting them in our shared vision for a healthier, more inclusive world.”
She has also held positions as a faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, Columbia University, and the MGH Institute for Health Professions. Dallas's career includes her role at the UVA Medical Center and her significant contributions to the MGH Transgender Health Program.

## Advocacy and impact

Ducar holds an elected seat to the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee. Ducar also serves on the board of directors for GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), and the Healing Our Community Collaborative (HOCC). She is the Chair of the Healthcare Alliance. Ducar has been a member of the Northampton Board of Health and served on the Official Transition Team for Attorney General Andrea Campbell. Her efforts in policy advocacy focus on creating more inclusive and affirmative healthcare systems.
She has been recognized for her contributions to healthcare, some recognition include those by MassLive The Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare Award by The Women's Edge, The Ellen Paradise Fisher Award for Activism by Reproductive Equity Now, and the AACN Pioneering Spirit Award by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. In 2022, she was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, received the Tim Porter-O'Grady Leadership Award from the American Nurses Foundation, and was honored in the Nurses Leading Innovation by Johnson & Johnson.
Dallas is a well known speaker and is often called on to speak about novel models of innovative healthcare, community-based care, and the importance of systemic change in healthcare to encourage value-based healthcare.