Kimberly Brister

WellSpan Health

Kimberly Brister is Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at WellSpan Health, where she leads the organizational strategy to build a diverse workforce and advance an inclusive workplace.

In this panel, presenters share candidly about moments they’ve applied their unconscious bias to others and have been on the receiving end. They explore personal action steps to evaluate and reject the negative associations within implicit attitudes and beliefs.

SUBJECT: Learning through the bias we hold and receive.

With over 30 years of experience in Human Resources, Kim is recognized as a subject matter expert in executive-level recruitment, employee relations, regulatory compliance, training and development, and diversity and inclusion. Kim earned an MBA from the University of Phoenix and holds a Diversity & Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University. She extends her servant leadership mantra into the York Community where she is active on multiple community boards. For this work, Kim was recently honored with the Central Penn Business Journal’s Women of Influence 2021 Award and recognized on the Business Journal’s Power 30 for healthcare list, and she received the Diversity Impact Award, one of the annual Spirit of YoCo Awards from the York County Economic Alliance.

12.45 - 2.15 PM Afternoon Keynote

Wednesday Afternoon 2022

Panel - Learning through the bias we hold and receive.

Panelists share candidly about moments they’ve applied their unconscious bias to others and have been on the receiving end. They explore personal action steps to evaluate and reject the negative associations within implicit attitudes and beliefs.