Ruth C. White, Phd Mph Msw Rsw Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Project management/implementation, research, and strategic communications that support the work of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office.• Work closely with Rotman (and University of Toronto) stakeholders to implement projects and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, including an Inclusive Workforce Solution series focusing on customized career development workshops for marginalized and racialized students, including those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.• Provide an EDI lens, and support implementation of best practices across the Rotman landscape.• Create and deliver custom workshops on EDI issues and initiatives for students, faculty and staff.• Work with partners across the University of Toronto to collect/analyze data that support equity, diversion and inclusion activities.• Provide confidential advice to senior leadership on EDI issues.• Design and deliver executive education seminar on Organizational Culture and Organizational Change • Member: Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence (TIDE)

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Teach MSW courses:1. Financial Management and Leadership in Human Service Organizations2. Social Work Practice with Organizations and CommunitiesEDI Working Group

Registered Social Worker in Ontario specializing in life/career transitions, motherhood, and issues related to immigration and race/culture/gender/sexual identity.Consult with organizations to create & deliver custom solutions - workshops/talks/CEU trainings - in mental health and wellbeing for organizations of all types and sizes. Design and facilitate CEU workshops on working with diverse and marginalized clients and compassion fatigue/burnout prevention.Dozens of appearances as a mental health commentator for KRON4-TV Bay Area (2020-2023)Past clients include: o Aetnao Premera Blue Crosso Indeedo Alaska Airlineso University of California - Berkeleyo Applied Materialso Maryland Commitment to Veteranso Lake Washington Head Starto NAACPo Wichita Area Psychological Associationo Maryland Department of Healtho Lime Connecto LA County Dept of Mental Health

Pleasanton, California, Us

Serve as a trusted advisor to the Evie team regarding the development of its medical-grade smart ring for women, and provide insights to establish Evie as a highly credible health and wellness resource.Author wellness articles associated with the Evie brand.

Authored articles on wellness for Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Tracy Anderson Magazine, Modern Healthcare and Thrive Global.Authored travel articles for Conde Nast Traveler UK & US editions.Publishes the Be Well and Wander newsletter on Substack.Authored 2 books on stress management and 2 books on bipolar disorder, and edited a text on case studies in global maternal and child health.For more than a decade, authored a blog on Psychology Today that focused on culture and mental health.

Partner with corporations, non-profits, government, and educational institutions to build individual, institutional, and community capacity in DEIB: keynote speaker, facilitator and panelist. Appeared as subject matter expert in media, including The Today Show, BBC World Service, Marie Claire, Women's Health, and more.• Designed and led customized trainings in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, that focused on the intersection of gender, disability, wellness, and race/ethnicity.• Published and conducted ground-breaking research on the stigma of the LGBTQ+ community in Jamaica, and collaborated with law firms and advocacy groups to provide expert-witness testimony in Customs and Border Protection hearings to stop the deportation of LGBTQ+ and HIV+ Jamaicans from the USA.Past clients include: o O‘Melveny & Myers LLPo PwCo Premera Blue Crosso JPMorgan Chase o Sidley Austin LLPo National Organization on Disabilityo Black Women in Techo Lime Connecto World Banko Yale, Columbia and NYU Law Schoolso National Immigrant Justice Center

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Directed the design, development, and implementation of data-driven DEI strategy and programming across all dimensions of Carbon Five’s operations including analysis, development, and integration of DEI strategies in recruitment, business development, management practices, marketing, social events, corporate social responsibility, and more.• Conducted the company’s first pay equity analysis across gender, sexuality, and racial groups.• Led the creation of a new evidence-based, industry-leading employee referral program that increased diverse hires.• Partnered with talent-acquisition and DEIB workgroup to create a low-cost, high-impact recruitment strategy that increased the diversity of our engineering and design teams.• Created new portfolio in corporate social responsibility, and proposed new social impact strategy.• Collaborated with comms and marketing team to create impactful internal and external communications focused on DEIB that increased social media traffic by more than 200% in the first month, and increased business development opportunities. • Created external heritage month comms campaigns that featured diverse innovators in tech, with a goal of shifting the narrative of ‘who belongs in tech’.• Partnered with senior leadership to develop a sustainable and enduring plan to grow the company as a diverse and equitable workplace, where employees feel that they belong.

New York, Ny

Member of inaugural All-Inclusive Panel - a group of external travel experts with a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion. • Advised on initiatives, refined TPG products, and created processes to ensure accountability and compliance of TPG polices and procedures, and to widen TPG coverage to be more representative and inclusive of all voices and perspectives.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Developed and taught macro practice courses to graduate students in social work. Advised, mentored and coached students. Mentored and supervised adjunct professors.• Received high student evaluations.• Featured professor in the alumni publication, USC Trojan Family Magazine (Summer 2016: ‘Four professors find purpose after difficult pasts’).• Presented papers on workplace mental health, and DEIB at prestigious academic conferences across the globe.• Served on Diversity Committee.• On-campus subject matter expert on mental wellness.Courses: o Management and Organizational Development for Social Workers (course lead)o Leadership and Management in the Social Work Professiono Policy and Advocacy in Professional Social Worko Research Methods

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Received high student evaluations - and applause in my last class - for teaching a survey course in social welfare policy to undergraduate students.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Designed and delivered service-learning courses in social policy and community organization, for which students wrote policy advocacy briefs for organizations, led community organizing efforts, published social policy advocacy editorials in leading publications, and provided testimony in public hearings on social policy. Published research papers on global health, and diversity, equity and inclusion and presented the research at conferences across the globe. Reviewed journal articles for publication in several academic journals in public health, global health, and social welfare.• Tenured in 2009• Collaborated with colleagues in the design, delivery and evaluation of courses.• Designed and led the evaluation of Tent City Initiative - a first in the nation project to host an encampment of unhoused individuals. • Designed and implemented a ground-breaking study on the LGBTQ+ community in Jamaica, which led to serving as an expert witness to prevent deportation of LGBTQ+ Jamaicans from the USA.• Co-led and coordinated service-learning/study abroad course in Belize (5 years), that included cultural immersion and 2 weeks of full-time placement in community-based organizations.• Founded and managed (5 years) a community-based clinic project in Uganda that tripled clinic attendance and improved maternal and child health outcomes.• Created, produced and hosted a radio show - Policy Brief, which explored social policy programs in the USA• Member: Advisory Committee - Women’s Studies• Member: Advisory Committee - Global African Studies• Member: Wellness CommitteeCourses: o Race & Ethnicityo Data Analysiso Research Methodso Social Policy & Programso Global Development and Aido Community Development and Organizationso Health & Human Services in Belizeo Group Work

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Managed program evaluation projects for statewide health and social welfare initiatives. Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data. Trained community-based interviewers.• Produced reports for various stakeholders, including an annual report using 11 metrics for each of 26 project sites. • Provided technical assistance in evaluation to multi-site community-based health and social welfare projects funded by government (California Department of Health Services and San Francisco Unified School District) and foundations (including California Wellness Foundation and Sierra Foundation). • Created and implemented data collection instruments as part of outcomes and impact assessment.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Taught macro practice courses to undergraduate and graduate students in social work. Advised, mentored and coached students.• Received outstanding student evaluations for teaching undergraduate and graduate students in social work• One of the only adjunct professors to be a featured speaker at graduation, which was at the request of students.• Collaborated with colleagues to write re-accreditation documents.• Courses Taught (full-time course load):o Ethnic & Cultural Concepts and Principles o Policy Analysiso Research Methodso Statisticso Community Organizing

Hr Management, Economics

Public Finance; Political Economy Of Public Policy

Phd (Social Welfare) | Mph (Maternal & Child Health / International Health)

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Work

Bsw, Social Work

B. Soc. Sci., Sociology