Sandra Ring

About Sandra Ring

My career has centered around one core belief: when you truly listen to patients and…

Experience

1. Senior Manager - State Society and Patient Advocate Engagement

   American Academy of Dermatology

   Mar 2018 — Present · Rosemont, IL, US

   I combine skills and experience in strategic leadership, nonprofit management, and patient advocacy to drive impact and align initiatives with organizational objectives. By cultivating strong relationships across physician leaders, patient advocacy groups, and state dermatology societies, I foster collaboration that enhances engagement and expands access to care. My work integrating patient voices has increased awareness of the lived experience of disease and the critical need for care equity. I’m proud to have been a catalyst for the national adoption of a skin cancer screening program for high-risk populations, and I love facilitating leadership retreats that build shared vision and enable organizations to grow through complex challenges and change. Honored with the AAD STAR Award for advocacy and patient training, I remain committed to advancing sustainable, accessible, physician-led patient-centered solutions.

Education

• The University of Georgia

  Bachelor's degree, Public Relations/Marketing and Psychology

• Erikson Institute

  Master of Science (M.S.), Child Development

  1997 — 1999

• Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

  Certificate in Strategic Leadership