Breaking Barriers for Healthcare Leaders (with Arianne Dowdell)
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is a challenge that corporations all over the nation are trying to conquer. Some have settled for checking the box, but privately, they’re still operating under the same hard and fast rules that they’ve always used. In other cases, some efforts are being guided by forward-thinking leaders with a vision to make the dream of equality in the workplace a reality.
In today’s episode, Shawn Nason speaks with Arianne Dowdell. Arianne is one of the champions of workplace equity who boldly pushes the envelope and strives to make her organization reach its full potential. She’s the VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Houston Methodist and a true champion of the community. Today, she and Shawn sit down to discuss her views on diversity in healthcare, how to bring about change and how she strategically weaves her passion for storytelling into making the world a healthier place!
In This Episode
What We Learned From Arianne Dowdell
Notable Quotes
Our Guest
Arianne Dowdell is the Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer for Houston Methodist. She is responsible for leading the vision for unparalleled safety, quality service, and innovation through diversity, equity, and inclusion by stewarding system-wide DEI strategy implementation and development through key partnerships. She also serves as associate director of the Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center where she’s responsible for building the DEI department that will be initially focused on increasing representation amongst its employees in the cancer center.
Resources and Links
Arianne Dowdell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arianne-d-42548361/
Shawn Nason
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasonshawn/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manonfiresocial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/manonfiresocial
Website: https://shawnnason.com/
MOFI: https://www.mofi.co/
OFFOR Health: https://www.offorhealth.com/
The Combustion Chronicles Podcast
Website: https://shawnnason.com/combustion-chronicles-episodes/
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