Angela Dawson currently serves as the Executive Director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health (OCMH). The OCMH was the nation’s first state office of minority health in response to the disparity in health status between Ohio’s minority and non- minority populations. It funds projects which are innovative, culturally sensitive, and specific in their approach toward reduction of the incidence and severity of those diseases or conditions which are responsible for excess morbidity and mortality in minority populations.

Prior to joining OCMH, Dawson was appointed director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services by Governor Ted Strickland. She also served as the executive director of Project Linden, Inc., a private non-profit outpatient alcohol and other drug treatment and prevention services center in Franklin County for twenty years.

Dawson received her Bachelor’s Degree in rehabilitation education, a Master’s Degree in counseling and guidance, and second Master’s Degree in rehabilitation counseling from Wright State University.