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DEIB Task Force

These individuals are volunteering their time and expertise to address various areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in the AHP organization and healthcare philanthropy profession. On this page you can read the charter and get to know the leaders who make up the AHP DEIB Task Force.

AHP's DEIB Task Force Charter

The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) values and respects diversity. We view individual differences as assets that promote the growth and success of AHP’s goals, its members, and the healthcare philanthropy profession. We’re committed to more deliberately encouraging, supporting, and recognizing diverse individual viewpoints and contributions in AHP’s work and creating a culture of belonging for everyone who is a part of AHP.

Coming out of the work of the 2021 DEIB Task Force were several recommendations, among them to continue the work of the group, but with new areas of focus. As a result, we will convene four groups under the banner of the DEIB Task Force, with the following goals for the calendar year 2022:

1. Content:

The goal for this group is to review AHP’s current curriculum and content to ensure inclusive language and diverse examples exist throughout content delivered by AHP and/or by AHP member presenters.

2. Toolkit:

The goal for this group is to develop a toolkit to be distributed to the AHP membership to help them better recruit and retain diverse talent.

3. Data:

The goal for this group is to identify and document the leading ethical and inclusive data collection practices with the goal of supporting AHP and our membership as we increase the number of people of diverse backgrounds into the profession of healthcare philanthropy.

4. Pipeline

The goal for this group is to increase the number of people from diverse backgrounds into the profession of healthcare philanthropy.

Each of these four groups will be led by a team of two

One member and one AHP staff member – who will be responsible for scheduling meetings, creating agendas, taking notes, chairing meetings, reporting to the broader membership, and, in some cases, making recommendations to the AHP Board of Directors.

The volunteer member leader will be specifically responsible for:

Co-authoring the meeting agendas;
Steering the group to ensure goals are met;
Providing a quarterly report to the full Task Force;
Providing content for a quarterly report to the AHP membership.

The AHP staff member will be specifically responsible for:

Calendaring meetings;
Co-authoring the meeting agendas;
Sending meeting agendas and notes to the group;

Taking meeting notes for the group;
Reporting back to the AHP staff DEIB table to ensure connectivity between the groups.

The groups will meet as frequently as they feel is necessary to achieve their goals, and the full DEIB Task Force will meet quarterly to share more broadly the progress they have made.

Content Group

Team Leaders

Jeanne Jachim

Director - President

Virginia Mason Medical Center Foundation

Seattle, WA

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Kim Alfaro

Manager, Education

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Team Members

Aracely Muñoz

Director of Corporate Partnerships

Children’s Medical Center Foundation at Children’s Health

Dallas, Texas, United States

Azra Hussain

Chief Operating Officer

Surrey Hospitals Foundation

Dyan Sublett

President

Martin Luther King Junior Community Health Foundation

Serena Amerson, CFRE

Executive Director, Major Gifts and Annual Giving

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Shawn A. Fincher

Director of Development

Providence Heart Institute, Providence Health & Services

Portland, OR

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Toolkit Group

Team Leaders

Ben Moraga

VP of Annual Giving and Donor Development

Sharp HealthCare Foundation

Jasmine Jones

Associate Director, Research and Product Development

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Team Members

Amy Bielicki, CFRE

Director of Development / Principal and Major Gifts

ChristianaCare

Greater Philadelphia

Ashley Rodrigues

Manager, Development

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation

Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Bobbie Stone

President

Bobbie Stone International, LLC

Lesley Heighway

President & CEO

Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Ryan L. McDannold, MBA, CAP®, CFRE

Assistant Vice President

SSM Health Foundation

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Susan C. Dolbert, PhD

Senior Vice President, Individual Giving

City of Hope

Data Group

Team Leaders

Paul Richardson, CFRE

System SVP of Philanthropy Engagement

CommonSpirit Health

Jordan English

Chief Operating Officer

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Team Members

Courtney Van Shura, CFRE

Vice President, Philanthropy Services

MedStar Health

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Kate Kiser

Director, Philanthropy Operations

IU Health Foundation

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Priscilla Valencia

Director

MLK Community Health Foundation

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pipeline Group

Team Leaders

Harvey Green, FAHP, CFRE

Senior Vice President, Office of Institutional Advancement

Morehouse School of Medicine

Alice Ayres, MBA

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Team Members

Afsheen Jiwani, MBA, CFRE

Senior Major Gifts Fundraiser

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation

Alisa Smallwood, CFRE

Chief Development Officer

Holy Cross Health

Dave Smith, CAP

President & CEO

Heaton Smith Group, LLC

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Fran Petonic

Senior VP of Philanthropy

Trinity Health

Jennifer Svihus, MBA

President

Sequoia Hospital Foundation

Redwood City, California, United States

Jeremiah Stevens, CFRE

Director Of Development and Campaign Director

Advocate Charitable Foundation

Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Lupita Garza, CFRE

Senior Major Gifts Officer

Adventist Health White Memorial Charitable Foundation

Prince Ralph Osei, CFRE

Raising Philanthropic Support for Child Sexual Abuse Treatment, Education & Prevention

Little Warriors

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Stephen Peeler, CFRE

Executive Director

Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation

Susan C. Dolbert, PhD

Senior Vice President, Individual Giving

City of Hope

If you would like to become involved in AHP's DEIB Task Force, email us at communications@ahp.org.

DEIB Task Force

AHP's DEIB Task Force Charter

1. Content:

2. Toolkit:

3. Data:

4. Pipeline

Each of these four groups will be led by a team of two

The volunteer member leader will be specifically responsible for:

The AHP staff member will be specifically responsible for:

The groups will meet as frequently as they feel is necessary to achieve their goals, and the full DEIB Task Force will meet quarterly to share more broadly the progress they have made.

Content Group

Team Leaders

Team Members

Toolkit Group

Team Leaders

Team Members

Data Group

Team Leaders

Team Members

Pipeline Group

Team Leaders

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