Farah Mokhtareizadeh

Regional Behavioral Health & Primary Care System | 700+ Employees | 25,000 Patients Annually

• Served on the executive leadership team of a regional health system operating a multi-site Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) network across Southern Indiana, guiding system-wide strategy, governance, and organizational transformation.
• Developed and implemented performance metrics to measure team effectiveness and productivity.
• Led strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and drive organizational growth.
• Led the design and implementation of a comprehensive health equity strategy integrating equity, civil rights compliance, and trauma-informed practice into clinical operations, workforce development, and community engagement.
• Directed large-scale organizational change initiatives embedding culturally responsive care, anti-racist practice, and social determinants of health frameworks across behavioral health and primary care services.
• Built and scaled innovative, community-based programs addressing structural drivers of poor health, including housing insecurity, food access, transportation barriers, justice involvement, and care continuity for high-need populations.
• Oversaw cross-departmental teams and clinical leadership to translate equity goals into measurable performance outcomes, operational workflows, and quality-improvement benchmarks.
• Developed and delivered institution-wide equity, civil rights, and trauma-informed care training for clinical, administrative, and executive staff, strengthening organizational culture and regulatory compliance.
• Led advanced health disparities analysis, using patient-level and population-health data to identify inequities, guide targeted interventions, and measurably improve outcomes for marginalized and underserved communities.
• Forged high-impact partnerships with local governments, public health agencies, schools, housing providers, and community organizations to align services, expand access, and strengthen regional care infrastructure.
• Served as senior advisor on equity, ethics, and community accountability, ensuring alignment between organizational mission, federal compliance requirements, and community-defined priorities.

Higher Education Institution

• Designed and taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Health Equity for pre- and post-licensure nursing students, integrating public health frameworks, clinical ethics, and social justice pedagogy.
• Guided future healthcare professionals in analyzing the structural and social determinants of health, including racism, poverty, housing insecurity, environmental injustice, immigration status, disability, and gender-based inequities, and their direct impact on patient outcomes.
• Trained students in culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive clinical practice, strengthening their capacity to deliver ethical, patient-centered care in diverse community settings.
• Developed curriculum and learning assessments aligned with national nursing competencies and accreditation standards, strengthening institutional commitments to equitable healthcare delivery.
• Facilitated complex, high-stakes classroom dialogue on race, power, identity, and health disparities, supporting students in translating theory into clinical decision-making and professional responsibility.

Regional / International Organization | MENA & Global South

• Directed a complex, multi-country portfolio advancing digital rights, internet freedom, privacy, and civic space across the Middle East, North Africa, and the broader Global South, operating in politically repressive and high-risk environments.
• Led end-to-end program strategy, execution, and accountability, including donor compliance, financial oversight, risk management, staff supervision, and cross-border stakeholder coordination.
• Designed and managed adaptive monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems to support rapid political shifts, protect partners operating under repression, and continuously refine strategic impact.
• Spearheaded high-value proposal development and reporting processes, securing sustained funding and expanding the organization’s regional footprint.
• Built and stewarded strategic partnerships with civil society organizations, technologists, journalists, and human rights defenders, strengthening collective capacity to resist digital repression and authoritarian surveillance.
• Guided programs at the intersection of technology, human rights, and movement infrastructure, ensuring alignment between political analysis, organizational mission, and on-the-ground realities.

International Human Rights & Development Organization | 40+ Countries

• Led global learning and leadership initiatives across 40+ countries, advancing feminist leadership, education in emergencies, climate justice, and youth engagement in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
• Served as principal architect of the organization’s global Learning Management System (LMS) and participatory training infrastructure, designing scalable systems for transnational learning, knowledge exchange, and leadership development.
• Functioned as a senior pedagogical engineer, developing and delivering participatory curricula grounded in human rights based approaches.
• Editor of ReflectionAction.org producing and curating transnational learning resources that strengthened participatory analysis, movement strategy, and democratic governance practice across global civil society.
• Partnered with ActionAid’s Global Platforms to design and lead international youth leadership academies on democratic governance and the social determinants of health (SDOH), strengthening youth engagement in policy advocacy, public health equity, and movement building across multiple regions.
• Served as Academic Manager for internationally accredited governance degree programs, overseeing curriculum development, academic quality assurance, and faculty coordination across multiple regions.

• Led Ireland’s first virtual community college focused on access to higher education for migrants, women, and non-traditional learners.
• Managed HEA and IHREC-funded initiatives, winning national awards for equity in education.

Recipient of full four year PhD Studentship. Graduated with distinction.

Graduated with distinction.