Ms. Mitchell-Boyd is the senior director of appreciation, belongingness, inclusivity, diversity and equity at Ascension, where she champions support for vulnerable populations by ensuring access to housing, education and healthcare. She facilitates the integration of the ABIDE framework across Ascension’s 140 hospitals in 19 states and Washinton, D.C. Ms. Mitchell-Boyd leads the planning and coordination of systemwide ABIDE events and collaborates with various levels of the organization to align ABIDE-related efforts. She has also served on The Catholic Health Association of the United States’ diversity and disparities committee and previously held the position of system director for diversity, inclusion and language services at Lisle, Ill.-based AMITA Health. At AMITA, she created the health equity committee, developed health equity strategic initiatives and established a comprehensive language services program. Additionally, she launched initiatives addressing health equity issues and promoted diversity spending through the supplier diversity committee.
