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.

Treasurer, Finance Committee, and Fundraising 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.

Board Secretary and Finance Committee | ECP Senior Lead, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Sashalla Lemond is an award-winning and nationally recognized leader. With more than two decades of experience spanning investment banking, business management, and organizational culture, she currently serves as the Senior Lead for the ECP at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In this role, she oversees confidential reporting and cross-functional response strategies that elevate employee voice and mitigate risk.

In addition to her core role, she is matrixed to the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), where she serves as a trusted expert. Her work supports efforts to strengthen organizational accountability and align institutional processes with evolving compliance expectations.

Sashalla is also the co-founder of The Collective Cross Firms BERG, a national network of leaders representing over 30 firms, including the top 10 Wall Street institutions.

As a sought-after public speaker, she has delivered keynotes and participated in global panels for organizations including Ernst & Young, PGA Tour, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Affordable Housing Clearinghouse , 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, and many more. Her story was featured in Fielding’s Focus Magazine (2022), and she has been honored as one of San Francisco’s Top 50 Women Leaders in both 2023 and 2024. She is also the co-creator and co-host of the two season podcast, Decoding Corporate America.

Prior to her pivot into STEM, Sashalla built a distinguished career in global finance, rising through the ranks to become a Managing Director. She held senior leadership roles in major financial institutions, overseeing business operations, managing global teams, and supporting cross-functional strategy across New York, London, Jacksonville, Jaipur, and Bangalore.

She is currently completing her PhD in Organizational Development and Change, with research focused on the evolving roles of leaders within complex institutions.

Board Member| and Fundraising Committee / 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/ Vice President of Population Health at Alameda Health System

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).

Board Member

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.

Board Member and Fundraising Committee | President, Copper Harbor Co., Inc.

Dan is a chemical engineer with an MBA from Pepperdine University.  After a career at Chevron including as general manager for the consumer packed good business, he started a small chemical manufacturing business in San Leandro. He continues to own and operate the business making products sold around the world from consumer goods to extremely high-purity silicon wafer processing materials.  Dan holds three patents, and has chaired the Alameda County Workforce Investment Board.  Dan has a long history of lobbying across the United States and has represented Scouting America (Boy Scouts of America) pro bono in California for the last 20 years.  In addition, Dan currently serves as the chair of Leadership & Governance for the national Scouting America movement.

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.