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About DELPH
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY. PURSUING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in partnership with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine, is committed to advancing the pillars above through the Diverse
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Executives Leading in Public Health (DELPH) program. Our partnership with SHLI was intentionally pursued to align DELPH with a historically black college or university (HBCU) with a successful leadership program and a cadre of diverse national experts.
Over the last ten months, it has been my sincere pleasure to serve as the program director with our inaugural cohort—a group of ambitious and diverse public health professionals from underrepresented identity groups, including people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Together, we grew as individual and collective leaders while helping cohort members establish an extensive peer support network.
At the onset of our DELPH leadership journey, we had the privilege of hearing SHLI founder David Satcher, MD, PhD share reflections from his leadership experiences. He challenged us to “care enough, know enough, have the courage to do enough, and persevere until the job is done!”
Our DELPH scholars also gained exposure to executives across federal, state, non-profit, and academic sectors. In doing so, they built relationships that will fuel advancement in their careers for years to come.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle coined the phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Similarly, DELPH fuels the emergence of diverse public health leaders by empowering individuals to contribute their skills and strengths—each in their unique way—that drive positive changes in our field.
For our scholars, graduation from DELPH marks a milestone in their careers. I am eager to watch their leadership journey as they reap the rewards of the program and emerge as public health executives and change agents.
LATOYA SAHADEO
DELPH Program Director
