Governor Ivey has appointed Brittney Anderson, MD of Anderson Family Care in Demopolis to the board of trustees of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences which opens in the fall of 2026. The school will be located in Demopolis and offer high school students a STEMM curriculum focused on healthcare. Through partnerships with health systems and educational institutions, it will help alleviate the rural healthcare workforce shortage in Alabama while providing skilled professional training for in-demand jobs to low-income youth.

“It is an honor to be appointed by Gov. Ivey to the Board of Trustees,” Anderson said. She grew up on a small family farm in Autauga County, and attended Duke University for undergraduate studies and obtained a Master’s Degree in Rural and Community Health from The University of Alabama. She received her medical degree from UAB School of Medicine in Birmingham in 2014.

In 2020, she was presented with the University of Alabama School of Medicine Distinguished Young Alumni Award. She is the current President of the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians and serves as an officer with the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.