“I consider myself a servant leader,” says Jarvis. This role is a perfect fit with all that I’ve done and continue to do as a collaborator to oversee and create new partnerships that students and faculty can benefit from and that will further strengthen the Howard legacy. Frederick to continue to make his vision for the success of Howard, a reality.”Īlthough Jarvis is excited to officially join the Howard family as a staff member, she’s been a Bison by choice for quite some time. The former NBC4 anchor is married to Ernest Drew Jarvis, the grandson of the late, great Dr. Drew, blood-plasma pioneer and former chief of surgery at Freedmen’s Hospital, now Howard University Hospital. “It goes without saying just how important Howard has been to my family. “My family is committed to Howard and I am honored to carry on that commitment because we truly have Howard, in the blood!” Drew’s name is synonymous with the success of Howard University Hospital, an institution with a phenomenal reputation and history in the medical profession for African American doctors and beyond,” says Jarvis.
Jarvis joins Howard University after serving 14 years at various media relations, corporate communications and social responsibility positions for Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), now Pepco Holdings, an Exelon Company. Most recently, Jarvis served as VP of Corporate Relations and was an essential part of the team managing the company merger. She had oversight of the integration of Exelon’s CSR processes and transition to a new CSR database. Additionally, she implemented the Exelon Energizing Student Potential STEM partnership with DC, Montgomery and Prince George’s County Public Schools, impacting more than 35,000 elementary school students. Jarvis was also instrumental in creating the Pepco Hispanic Engineering Scholarship and internship program.