Coastal Family Health Center will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of the communities we serve. To this end, we will work with others to ensure a creative and cost-effective range of health/social services that are accessible to all.

Coastal Family Health Center was founded on the principle that health care should be accessible to all residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and that these health care services should be provided in an effective and efficient manner being responsive to the needs of the population. We have been a part of the Gulf Coast communities for more than 40 years serving the residents of Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, Greene, Wayne and George counties.

Coastal Family Health Center (CFHC) is community-based and governed bya Board of Directors, who represents local communities and volunteer their time to create a fiscally and managerially strong organization for the purpose of improving the health status of our communities.

At least 51% of the Boards members are Coastal patients and their diversityrepresents the patients we serve. They also bring expertise in community affairs and provide guidance and leadership to our health center.

Mr. Larry Knight has served as Chief Operations Officer for Coastal Family Health Center since 2013. He is a seasoned business and healthcare leader with more than 35 years of healthcare and business operations experience. As a leader in the community and a 20-year veteran of US Air Force medical services, he has served in pharmacy operations and management for 13 years and as a pharmacy educator with Master Instructor credentials for seven years. Since his retirement from the military in 2001, Mr. Knight has served as a small business owner and a Chief Operating Officer for a multi-site retail business. Mr. Knight also served as an operations business consultant for over three years, skillful in analyzing and developing business models for success. Mr. Knight holds Masters degrees in both human resource management and accounting practices and principles.

Dr. Wendy Williams has been a provider at Coastal since 2009 where she is currently a pediatric provider at our Biloxi PEDs Clinic. She was appointed Chief Medical Officer in 2020. She is a 2001 graduate of the University of South Alabama and completed her residency there in 2004. She currently serves as faculty for William Carey College of Osteopathic Medicine as well as the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine. During her tenure at Coastal Family Health Center, she has been involved in several pediatric initiatives including most recently our Pediatric Obesity Initiative (MEND) and our Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN).

Terry Lynn Terry joined CFHC in 2015 as Chief Financial Officer. Terry is a CPA with more than 30 years of experience in finance and accounting. Her career has been very diverse, including auditing and tax in a public accounting firm, working on the technical staff of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, non-profit accounting and real estate development for a state university, teaching for a private college and corporate finance for a publicly-traded company with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance responsibility. Originally from Virginia, Terry holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The College of William and Mary and a Masters in Accountancy from Missouri State University.