VP Chief Health Equity

The Founding VP For Health Equity will lead the development of the Racial Health Justice Action Lab, incubated as part of a new National Racial Health Justice Center. The Racial Health Justice Lab responds to the dual crises ofracial and health injustice by supporting leaders of color across our public systems and communities to transform the daily practices that hold injustice in place and build the power to create population level changes. Our goal is clear and focused: to create health equity in our lifetimes. As leaders for racial health justice, we are committed to developing strategies that build skills while also creating community, increasing support, and fostering wellness for front line and executive leaders. The FoundingVP will be the chief architect of lab design, businessmodeldevelopment, curriculumand delivery. The successful incumbent will work in significant partnership with the Executive Director and Board Chair to create a business model that maximizes flexibility for innovation and creativity, to build national support for the Lab, and to structure partnerships that will support large scale change efforts. The Founding VP will be an important standard bearer for the development of racially justice health equity practice, both within the organization and in the broader public health ecosystem. The Founding VP will have executive leadership experience in public health and/or health care. S/he will possess a strong critique of the existing system. The Director will be supported by the Executive Director and Advisory board to become a nationally known thoughtleader, pushing the field towardsincreasedracial justice–and moving the field from theory to outcomes-based implementation.