Knitasha Washington, DHA, MHA, FACHE brings more than 25 years of experience as a multi-dimensional health care leader focused on quality improvement, safety, and health equity. Her career has spanned roles in healthcare administration, managed care, quality management, disparities research, and policy. The trajectory of her work has mostly served as a change agent driving organizational performance improvement, quality, and safety improvement, as well as advising on health policy matters, and leadership contributing to large-scale national public health campaigns. Dr. Washington has international health professional training and experience with extensive knowledge of strategies to advance innovation and improve outcomes through community engagement, patient engagement, and stakeholder alignment. She has a proven track record working with safety net, public, and teaching healthcare systems. As a health equity practitioner and social science researcher her skill and expertise bridge population health methodologies with the applied science of health services delivery to improve quality, safety, and equity outcomes.