Founder and Board President

Alice founded Diversity in Health Training Institute in 2011 as she finished up her 10 years of public service as the Alameda County Supervisor for District Three. During her time as a policy maker, she dealt with improving access of health care, social services, domestic violence services and mental health services.

She knew the health care workforce was an area she wanted to make an impact on. She encountered immigrants who were educated and experienced doctors and nurses in their home countries who were not able to get back to their health care field here in the United States, and instead were working in menial jobs.

She strongly feels that no talent should be wasted and took action to help address the need of diversifying the health care workforce. She is very proud of the work of DHTI and is very appreciative of all the staff who are working hard in making a difference in the immigrant communities each and every day.

Board Secretary

Susan is a retired corporate attorney with a focus on transactional and regulatory issues in the health care industry. She began her legal career at Ropes & Gray, LLP and subsequently worked for many years in the national legal department of Oakland-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. Before law school, she worked in various hospital, clinic, and health plan settings. Her non-legal experience includes administration at a women’s community clinic and student health center, operations support for a hospital system and large medical group, and academic research on HIV prevention programs. Susan strongly believes in the importance of a diverse health care work force and the provision of culturally sensitive care from practitioners who can communicate in a patient’s native language. Susan received a JD from Stanford Law School, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UC Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Stanford University.

Finance Committee | CFA, Managing Director Hamilton Lane

Mike is a Managing Director at Hamilton Lane based in the firm’s San Francisco, CA office. Before joining Hamilton Lane in 2022, Mike served as Director of Finance and Human Resources at Crowden Music Center and as Strategic Project Consultant at Yosemite Conservancy. Prior to those roles, he served as Portfolio Manager at Pacific View Asset Management, where he launched and managed the firm’s small-cap growth and large-cap growth equity strategies. Mike formerly served with Insight Capital Research & Management as Portfolio Manager and a member of the investment committee for the firm’s small-cap growth and large-cap growth strategies. Prior to Insight, Mike worked at Deutsche Bank where he worked with venture clients on in-kind distributions and fund-level transactions as well as corporate clients on share repurchase programs.

Mike is currently a board member at Meals on Wheels of Alameda County, where he serves as Treasurer and Finance Chair. His interest in serving seniors was fostered by his experience caring for his grandparents as they aged, as he saw both the limits of the existing social safety net as well as the challenges that those most in need faced in accessing assistance. Mike received an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, an MPA from the University of Montana, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Bucknell University. He is a CFA Charterholder.

Finance Committee | Managing Director, Federal Home Loan Bank

NAMED SAN FRANCISCO’S TOP 50 WOMEN LEADER 2023

Award-Winning Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Executive

Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Practitioner and Organizational Development (OD) Practitioner Sashalla Lemond has an unwavering passion for promoting and improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

(DEI) within the financial industry. With a background in investment banking and business management, she has more than 20 years of demonstrated drive in addressing social issues within the workplace. Sashalla currently serves as Managing Director at Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and Board Member of Diversity in Health Training Institute.

In 2017, Sashalla was awarded the Rising Start Barclays Business Diversity Award for transforming the Embrace Black Professionals Forum. In her prior role at Deutsche Bank, she was elected Chairperson of Jacksonville’s Chapter of Women on Wall Street, where she built the Employee Resource Groups from the ground up, earning her Deutsche Bank’s 2011 Leader in Diversity award. Recently in 2023, Sashalla was named as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of San Francisco for 2023. Sashalla also serve as co-founder and advisor of the informal group called The Collective – Cross Firms BERG, a network of Employee Resource Group leaders across 30+ firms including top 10 major Wall Street firms.

In her current role as Managing Director, Sashalla has worked diligently with the Bank’s team members and leaders to transform Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Bank to operationalize a scalable and measurable DEI program that has yielded results. She has introduced new relationships and sponsorship opportunities that support women, people from systemically disadvantaged populations, LGBTQIA+, veterans and disabled owned businesses. In collaboration with Human Resources, she led the design and implementation of the first 1:1 mentor match program and formalized the organization’s Employee Resource Groups representing gender, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, and working parents. She is part of Disability:IN’s Supplier Diversity Certification – International Certification Committee Member. She also serves as the Board Member for Diversity Health Training Institute (DHTI).

Sashalla Lemond continues to welcome new opportunities to improve resources, experiences, and relations for all team members. She serves as executive producer and host for the podcast series Decoding Corporate America, which focuses on helping rising leaders navigate the corporate environment. She also shares her professional DEI experience and knowledge through speaking events – most notably the PGA Tour, Ernst &Young, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC), Affordable Housing Clearinghouse and many others.

Rose Huie is a dedicated and results-driven Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a proven track record in the fields of accounting, finance, and training. Rose brings a wealth of expertise and a commitment to excellence in financial management, compliance, and professional development.

Regional Vice President | Regional Vice President, Kimley-Horn & Associates

Chadi Chazbek is Regional VP for Kimley-Horn and Associates. His background is in civil engineering with an extensive list of successful large state and local infrastructure projects such as the express lanes in the Bay Area. His work has provided the opportunity to gain significant experience in consensus building and forging lasting relationships. Chadi’s personal interest in helping newcomer communities such as his own Lebanese and broader middle eastern community is the main reason that he is interested in joining the board. He is also particularly interested in getting involved with our Sidra program. He has experience with fundraising such as planning events and dinners and brings that experience to DHTI.

Board Member | Executive Director Chinese American Physicians Society

Dr. Ng received his medical degrees and Honorary Fellow from the University of Hong Kong. He has been in private pediatric group practice since 1972. Dr. Ng is a founding board member and current executive director of Chinese American Physicians Society (501 c (3)) organization, founding board member of Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce and current board member of its Foundation, Former board member of Family Bridges, Inc. and Oakland Asian Cultural Center, president of Friends of University of Hong Kong, Inc. a (501 c (3)) organization, executive board member of Ethnic Health Institute of Samuel Merritt University, and board member of Children First Medical Group.

Board Member | Assistant Adjunct Professor , Public Health & Health Equity Program Mills College

Miki is a health services researcher with formal training in epidemiology and health management and policy. She is a tobacco control scholar and has published journal articles that relay the conflicts of interest between academic scientists and the tobacco industry. Miki is interested in medical effectiveness research as it relates to policy and lawmaking. She has served as a task force member with the California Health Benefits Review Program, a body that responds to requests from the California State legislature to provide independent analysis of the medical, financial and public health impacts of proposed health insurance benefit mandates and repeals in California state. Currently she is an assistant adjunct professor lecturer, in the department of public health and health equity at Mills College. She conducts research on the US Citizenship and Immigration Services Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. The examination is regulation enacted by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to ascertain the health-related grounds for inadmissibility of persons applying for admission into the United States. She analyzes potential health-related grounds for inadmissibility for refugee and asylee populations denied US entry due to medical examination results. She studies the effect of current trends in US policymaking on disease and inadmissibility as they relate to regional endemic diseases of refugees and asylees. Miki received her BA from Columbia University and an MPH and an executive MHSA, both from the University of Michigan.

Board Member | Consultant

Kathleen consults in areas of Philanthropy, Government, Development, Community & Non-Profit Relations including Philanthropy, Endowment, Capital, Annual & Political Campaigns. Public Relations, Community Outreach, Grant Writing, Public Affairs with proven performance in delivering impactful Government Relations & Project Management-Leadership. She is on 11 boards and 2 advisory boards including Boys & Girls club of America, Rotary club of Alameda, Meals on Wheels, Alameda Chamber of Commerce, and Alameda Family Services to name a few. Since 2011, she does contract work with Boys and Girls Club as endowment coordinator and community relations. Kathleen is active in civic work such as campaign manager-community liaison at Marie Gillmore.

Board Member | MD, Healthcare Professional DHTI graduate, Formerly

Tsering Wangchuk is a graduate of DHTI’s Healthcare Career Pathway Program where he completed the US Healthcare Systems course. He worked at Lifelong Medical Care for almost two and half years, and is currently working at Highland Hospital in the Bay area.

He was trained as a Physician at Warsaw Medical University in Poland. He worked as Kalon of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India for 5 years, and Resident Medical Officer for Tibetan Settlements in India for seven and half years.

Tsering is currently living with his wife and two sons in the San Francisco Bay area, and pursuing his medical career pathway in California.

Besides English, Tsering is fluent in Tibetan, Polish, and Hindi.

Board Member | Nurse Care Manager

Kit Wong has more than 30 years of nursing experiences with focus on community based nursing and program management. She understands the values of holistic approach in taking care of patients besides disease management. She also appreciates the crucial role of caregivers to the success of patient care. Kit has worked in different settings including hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, detention camps, home health and hospice care. She was part of the leadership team to set up the first Home Health service and residential hospice for HIV/AIDS patients in Hong Kong. She also managed state and city funded programs in San Francisco. Currently Kit is a Nurse Care Manager of a home based health care program. Some of her goals are to facilitate care, enhance access to services and empowering patients and caregivers. She is looking forward to helping people who are interested to join the field of health care and taking care of others.

U. Mini B. Swift serves as Vice President for Population Health at Alameda Health System (AHS). She is an internist with experience in development of clinical programs for socially and clinically vulnerable patients. She is the co-chair for the AHS Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and is the clinical lead for medical management activities in the Population Health division of AHS.

Prior to this position, she served as an Associate Chief Medical Officer, where she led programmatic and operational activities with a focus on reducing readmissions, safe transitions, improving quality and clinical processes. Mini established AHS’s initial strategic priorities in health equity in 2010. She established an equity council for the system and through this was able to initiate the collection of granular ethnicity and bilingual staff certification program. She also led the Healthy Hearts Program for ten years at AHS. This program sought to address health disparities and reduce readmissions for patients with heart failure. Earlier in her career, Mini served as the Medical Director for Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless and as the Board Chair for the East Oakland Community Project.

Dr. Swift attended Mills College in Oakland and earned her medical degree at Kasturba Medical College, India. She completed her residency and Chief Residency in the Department of Internal Medicine at Highland Hospital, an affiliate of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She completed a Master’s degree in Public Health from University of California, Berkeley. She has participated in several leadership programs including The Disparities Leadership Program (Massachusetts General Hospital), The CHCF Health Care Leadership Program and the Women’s Leadership Academy (America’s Essential Hospitals).

Dafna Kapshud has a long history of fundraising, marketing, and communications roles primarily in nonprofit and educational organizations. She has worked in a diverse range of industries from education, senior services, and healthcare to performing arts and workforce management. She most recently spent five and a half years at San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation, helping raise funds for scholarships and programs at Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College. She's proud of the awareness and donations she helped secure during her tenure and is grateful to the Foundation’s generous supporters. Prior to that, Dafna was Development and Communications Manager for Episcopal Senior Communities Foundation, supporting programs for frail, low-income, and isolated seniors. For over 10 years, Dafna also served in the marketing and development departments of various organizations including Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, where she directed all marketing and communications for the public launch of a successful $14.8 million capital campaign, and San Francisco Performances, where she led branding and messaging campaigns as well as logo and website redesign efforts.

Dafna is passionate about serving her community and has been a pro-bono consultant for the Taproot Foundation, providing her marketing expertise to small nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area. She is also committed to helping vulnerable seniors as a former Board member and current supporter of Meals on Wheels of Alameda County.

Dafna holds a Master in Fine Arts degree in Theatre Management from Florida State University and a law degree from the University of Florida. She received her B.A. in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University.