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The Intersection of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and Public Protection

Description

Credentialing organizations promote excellence by awarding credentials based on competency standards. Maintaining public protection while ensuring access to the needed workforce in a variety of professions is an important aspect of credentialing and is included within the mission of credentialing organizations. However, often unknowingly, organizational policies, procedures, and practices create access barriers for many people. Existing limitations and barriers can disproportionately impact people who have been historically underrepresented in a significant range of professions. When credentialing people to practice in a wide array of fields, the DEI goal is to broaden policies and practices to include as many qualified people as possible. There is research that validates there are more positive outcomes for the public when a profession is diverse and has practitioners who reflect the range of the population being served.[1] Increasing diversity is important, but it also bumps up against ensuring that credentialing policies and practices protect the public sufficiently. How do we increase access, opportunities, inclusion, and fairness while also protecting the public?
This session will address how DEI principles can be integrated into organizational policies and practices while continuing to promote public protection. There will be a panel discussion with the moderator posing questions to stimulate the conversation. The panel will include a DEI professional, a public member representing the interests of the public, and a representative of the legal community to address where DEI and public interest overlap and implications for credentialing organizations. There will be time allotted for an interactive process with the audience.

[1] Moore, C., Coates, E., Watson, A., de Heer, R., McLeod, A., & Prudhomme, A. (2022, Nov 7). “It’s Important to Work with People that Look Like Me”: Black Patients’ Preferences for Patient-Provider Race Concordance. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities, 1-13. doi:10.1007/s40615-022-01435-y, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9640880/

Contributors

  • Mark Franco, JD, ICE-CCP

    Mr. Franco serves or has served as outside counsel for multiple professional and trade associations, public and private foundations, religious organizations, certification and accreditation bodies, advocacy organizations, political action committees, social clubs and other non-profit, tax-exempt organizations. He has substantial experience handling matters involving accommodations, accreditation and certification standards, chapter relations, charitable solicitations, contracts, credentialing, data security, due process, employment, entity formation, exam challenges and misconduct, fundraising, governance, intellectual property, policy development including DEI, privacy, professional ethics and discipline, regulatory compliance, score validation, test administration, tax, and vendor relations. He is an I.C.E. Certified Credentialing Professional.

  • Delmar Lee

    Dr. Lee is the Global Vice President for the Institute for Diversity Certification where he is responsible for Education and Training. He a veteran of 22 years in the United States Air Force where he served as a Superintendent of Training, Avionics Section Chief, and Master Instructor. He holds a PhD in Postsecondary and Adult Education from Capella University with Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University. Dr. Lee owned a small consulting agency, SINA Management Services, LLC, where he a Professional Success Builder providing Consultation and Leadership Training in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Leadership, Human Resources Development, Conflict Resolution, and Educational success. He is certified to instruct 32 competencies of the Certified Diversity Executive (CDE®) and Certified Diversity Professional (CDP®) programs and has provided training and instruction DEI courses and sessions for 11 years. He has designed and facilitated Leadership and Management consultation and training courses for more than 15 years in private and public venues and facilitated postsecondary education for more than 25 years. Dr. Lee is the past Board President for the Society for Diversity, parent company of the Institute for Diversity Certification. He is the past Lead Faculty Area Chair for the University of Phoenix, where he was responsible for three departments: Humanities, Communications, and General Education for University of Phoenix, Raleigh Campus; Senior Manager for Velox Global Services where he was responsible for coordinating strategic movement of personnel for businesses relocating and/or temporarily working on five continents.

  • Zeno W. St. Cyr, II

    Zeno W. St. Cyr, II, MPH, is a former health care executive with a distinguished professional career in the Federal, State, and private sectors of healthcare. His retirement in 2015, as Director for Legislative Coordination and Senior Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, capped an almost 40-year career in public health. A long-time activist in community affairs, Zeno has demonstrated an impressive commitment to public service, having served nearly 30 organizations in volunteer and leadership capacities during his career. He currently serves on I.C.E.’s Public Member Committee and as the Public Member representative on I.C.E.’s Annual Program Planning Committee. Zeno joined the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Board of Directors in 2018, as a Public Director-at-Large, and he was elected to serve concurrently on the nccPA Health Foundation Board in 2021. Some of Zeno’s other current commitments include serving as a public member on the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of a non-profit housing agency, H.O.P.E. He is the recipient of numerous civic and professional awards, including the Citizen Advocacy Center’s distinguished Dr. Benjamin Shimberg Public Service Award in 2019. Zeno earned his Bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College and holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

  • Glenna Tinney

    Glenna Tinney, MSW, ACSW, DCSW, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.) is the Public Advisor for the National Board for Respiratory Care. She is a consultant on violence against women, social justice, environmental justice, and animal rights. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with 500 training hours. She has been a social worker for more than 45 years. She served in the Navy for 24 years managing worldwide family violence and sexual assault programs in the Department of Defense. She was the Social Work Consultant for the Navy Surgeon General assisting with credentialing and scope of practice issues for social workers. Following retirement from the Navy, Ms. Tinney managed a program for the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration setting up a certification and credentialing program for medical examiners conducting examinations for commercial motor vehicle drivers. In recognition of her work, Ms. Tinney was selected by the White House as a Woman Veteran Champion of Change in March 2013. Ms. Tinney is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on domestic violence and sexual assault in the military. In 2019, Ms. Tinney received a Lifetime Achievement in Family Violence Advocacy Award from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma.

August 8, 2024
Thu 12:00 PM EDT

Duration 1H 0M

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