Bertha L.

Experience

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  Washington Mutual Bank

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

  Assistant Manager

  I was responsible for day-to-day branch operations and personnel management. I led customer service, sales goals and marketing plans, and oversaw annual branch audit reviews.

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  Virginia Mason Memorial

  Dec 2006 - May 2020

  In this role I was the clinical operations director of a pediatric specialty services multiagency clinic for children with special health care needs. I led the patient and family voices committee that supported experience of care strategies. I also provided leadership in the planning and implementation of a nonprofit 501(c) (3). I built and implemented the organizational health equity strategic plan. I was also responsible for the leadership of community wellness programs and developed partnerships with funders and community organizations to implement county level health improvement initiatives. I participated in the implementation of a Native American led infant mortality committee and research that addressed countywide health disparities. I built the organizations language services department, implemented new policies using change management strategies, led 5 departments, 18 programs and up to 120 employees with a combined operational budget of $12Mil. I implemented lean project focused on improving processes that impacted quality of care. I served as the organizational leadership representative on the Greater Columbia Accountable Communities of Health council, and participated with the Health Care Authority on implementing statewide health improvement plans to address health disparities among underserved population Show less In this role I was responsible for the operational oversight of evidence based Health Education programs following public health models and theory. I worked with the CDC and Hispanic Access Foundation on Juntos Podemos Contra el Cáncer a community based participatory research project to address Latinx health disparities. I was co-investigator in a childhood obesity prevention research project with Pacific Northwest University of Health and Science; and a research associated of hospital based Emergency Department utilization hotspotter project in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Center for Community Health & Evaluation. I also led the organization's community and population health interventions; working with a community of health collaborative to develop countywide health improvement plan to address social determinants of health using collective impact/cross-sector approaches. I had leadership responsibilities for the organizational Healthy Hospitals Initiative; healthier foods in healthcare, less waste, safer chemicals, leaner energy, and smarter purchasing. I also led the The Memorial Foundation's grants programs, which raised over $2Mil annually. Show less

  • Sr. Director, Community Health Planning & Development

    May 2017 - May 2020

  • Community Health Director

    Oct 2013 - May 2017

  • Health Outreach Manager

    May 2010 - Oct 2013

  • Communications and Marketing

    Dec 2006 - Apr 2010
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  MultiCare Yakima Memorial

  Apr 2020 - now

  In this role I provided leadership of community outreach, obesity prevention, veteran services, diabetes prevention, diabetes and medical nutrition therapy community clinic and hospital based services. I led the organizational wide Health Equity strategic plan, focused on disparity elimination, systems and structure change, organization development, diversity and inclusion. I also led the language services department that provide interpretive and translation services for hospital based departments and 24 clinics with a range of specializations. I was also responsible for organizational wide community benefit, community health needs assessment, and local health improvement network initiatives to improve population health. Show less

  • Interim Senior Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Programs

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Director, Community Health and Health Equity

    Apr 2020 - Dec 2021