Community Development to DEI in Healthcare: A Positively Disruptive Conversation With Vanessa Nazario- Chief Diversity Officer of Memorial Healthcare System| DEI Disruptors

Vanessa Nazario was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Trenton, NJ. She has worked in the field of Community Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for over 27 years. In early 2021, she joined Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, FL as Director of DEI to create and lead the System’s inaugural diversity, health equity, and inclusion strategy and manage Language Interpretation Services. Vanessa, through her leadership, helped secure the System’s first Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index; signed two national pledges: CEO Action in Diversity and Inclusion and American Hospital Association’s #123 for Equity Pledge. In June 2022, she was promoted to Corporate Director, Chief Diversity Officer to further MHS’s commitment to DEI.

Over her career, Vanessa has been recognized by several organizations for her leadership including South Florida Business Wealth’s Diversity Executive Leadership award; DEIB Health Consortium’s Top Healthcare Diversity Officer; Diversity Global Magazine 2022 Top 15 Champions of Diversity; and Hallandale Beach Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award. Vanessa received her MBA from Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ and has a master’s in science degree from Southern New Hampshire University. She completed a Non-Profit Management Certificate from Seton Hall University and is certified as a Diversity Executive (CDE) from the Institute for Diversity Certification. She is currently completing an Executive Leadership program at Cornell University.

The DEI Disrupters podcast is a diversity, equity, and inclusion-centered podcast that brings together the most positively-disruptive voices in the DEI space and gives them the opportunity to tell their stories.

The podcast is hosted by Dr. Britney Scott, a physician, black belt in lean six sigma, DEI process improvement thought leader and enthusiast. She is also the founder of The Clinic Doctor consulting practice where they create systems that sustain diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces. The podcast is powered by The Clinic Doctor.

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Vanessa Nazario: Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-nazario-ms-mba-9473735a/, Email- [e-mail]