Dr. Felicia Speed is the Vice President of Social Work Services for Fresenius Kidney Care, a dialysis company. She provides oversight and guidance to social workers across the country. She has been working as a dialysis social worker in various capacities for almost 20 years. After obtaining her Bachelor’s in Social Work from Winthrop University and Masters in Social Work from the University of Georgia in 1999, she gladly accepted a position as dialysis social worker in Anderson Dialysis Clinic in South Carolina. She recently obtained her PhD in Human Services with Specialization in Clinical Social Work from Walden University. Dr. Speed has dedicated her career to addressing psychosocial barriers among dialysis patients with kidney failure by improving social work competency. Yet, if anyone ever ask her what she deems her greatest accomplishment in her career, her response is simply improving the quality of life of a dialysis patient.