EPISODE 23
Feb 21, 2024

a just cause with karen dale

What is your just cause? Karen Dale's  “why” is to catalyze big changes that make  healthcare more equitable and humane. She is a bold and fearless leader and the DC Market President for AmeriHealth Caritas. In this episode she shares the leadership practices that support her work from sharing power to community co-design. 

We discuss:
  • The path to paying community partners based on outcomes.
  • A powerful partnership with the Children's Law Center to make kids' homes safer and healthier.
  • How DC is addressing decades of under-investment in Wards 7 and 8 through its equity budget review.
Karen discusses the just cause for a school of public health in today’s world:

“It would be to create … a system, structure and culture that infuses what every student needs to be a catalyst for positive change for human beings … [A] school that creates that culture, gives people the tools, gives them the encouragement, gives them the freedom to try and fail, but learn and apply – that would be amazing. Because … we need a whole generation of people who are in the fight.”

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Karen M. Dale is Market President for AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia, a mission-based Medicaid Managed Care Organization in Washington, D.C., and the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies. Her focus includes applying a health equity lens to impact all levels of policies, processes, decisions, laws, and outcomes for the communities AmeriHealth Caritas serves. She also leads a decidedly metric-driven business approach to mobilize leaders and accelerate strategies to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion inside and outside the walls of AmeriHealth Caritas. As a result, opportunities for people to experience health, wholeness, and belonging are enhanced by addressing the social, economic, and environmental conditions that are drivers of poor health.
Her hobbies include gardening, creating healthy Caribbean recipes, traveling, and watching her son’s soccer games.

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