Anasia Obioha

Responsible for steering strategic vision, planning, implementation, and communication of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to fulfill stated objectives articulated within mission of organization. Acts as organization's DEI representative, content expert, and consultant to leadership.

• Partners with HR, Business Partners, Chiefs, Medical Center C-suite leaders and staff to increase awareness of health disparities and cultural differences in healthcare; improve health equity for individuals with disabilities, English as a second language, LGBTQI+ and BIPOC communities and celebrate diversity.
• Implemented, and executed community wide anti-racist programming, professional development plan, and new hire onboarding process.
• Partnered with legal team to draft, implement and train on anti-discrimination and incidents of bias policy and procedure.
• Partners with Physician leader to implement and execute ambassador program to increase diversity among underrepresented groups within physician populations.
• Successfully utilized current research and data to implement evidence based and data informed strategies currently shaping DEI work in healthcare organizations resulting in improved climate assessment outcomes.
• Inspires open, productive, and challenging conversations centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion resulting in restorative community racial healing.
• Develops, manages and leads Hippocrates Circle program, a community initiative for 7th and 8th grader aspiring physicians from underserved backgrounds.
• Successfully increased physicians in the LGBTQ Care network through effective collaborations.
• Monitors, supervises, and oversees team building and learning development for Interns and junior staff.
• Analyzed data sets to identify trends and opportunities for process improvements within client organizations.

Recruited to create, implement, and communicate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to fulfill stated objectives articulated within mission of organization. Acted as departments DEI representative and speaker while successfully managing a departmental budget for school of business and school of media, culture and design.

• Worked diligently with school leadership and governance board to resolve unique and recurring complaints, promoting loyalty and enhancing community operations and trust.
• Coached faculty and staff in successful DEI strategies and encouraged cross departmental engagement to improve teaching and learning outcomes.
• Developed curriculum and taught diversity in the workplace course to undergraduate business students.
• Successfully planned, hosted, and recruited speakers for entrepreneur speaker series.
• Trained and developed department leaders and staff in unconscious bias and steps to combat bias and create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces.

• Developed and executed comprehensive public relations strategy that resulted in 30% increase in positive media coverage and 25% increase in brand visibility within target market.
• Established and maintained relationships with key media contacts and influencers, leading to an 40% increase in media placements and an 20% growth in social media followers.
• Managed crisis communication plan during a high-profile acquisition maintaining organization's reputation.
• Transformational leadership and supervision of over intern, social media specialist, and external vendors.
• Provided support and media training to Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President
• Established partnerships with various non-profit organizations such as Covenant House of Los Angeles.
• Developed and implemented cost-effective advertising campaigns.
• Managed advertising budgets and increased ROI.

• Expanded market presence through targeted marketing campaigns, increasing brand awareness among prospective clients in key industries.
• Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
• Updated and resolved incidents and managed accessorial charges objectively while maximizing profit.
• Led internal and external communications, employer branding and internal platforms and channels for Small Business and Practice Finance divisions.
• Intentional pause to focus on full-time caregiving after childbirth.

• Served as media lead for Neurology, Neurosurgery and Orthopedics and secured more than 120 media placements in top-tier outlets including CNN, Dr. Oz, NBC Nightly News, USA Today, and Dateline.
• Planned and promoted annual BrainWorks, a day-long event that offers underrepresented youth hands-on experience in neurosurgery.
• Proactively developed communications plan and responded to media crisis situations successfully maintaining positive reputation.
• Built awareness about programs by producing informative videos on YouTube such as Alzheimer's retinal scan video, which received 129K views.
• Studied objectives, promotional policies or needs of organizations to develop public relations strategies influencing public opinion or promoting ideas.
• Created social media content across multiple platforms according to content calendars and promotion schedules.