About Us
Design for Equity Healthcare Conference
The Design for Equity Healthcare Conference will convene diverse audiences (physicians, practitioners, hospital leaders, healthcare entrepreneurs, product & tech companies, academia/government and patient advocate organizations) from across the healthcare ecosystem. Join us!
Leadership for Change
The Design for Equity platform provides content, training and community to develop leaders from different industry verticals. The platform trains leaders to understand what it means to use a human-centered methodology to design inclusive products, services and experiences for new audiences and/or underrepresented groups.
Conference Team
Tashira Gibbs
Tashira Gibbs is the Founder of Tashira Gibbs LLC. She is the Co-Founder of the Women of Color UX Design Course, which trains women user experience design skills. She has 10+ years experience leading design teams across industries including healthcare, retail, sports and automotive. Tashira is currently the Luxury Mobility Services Lead - North America for Bentley Motors Inc. Previously, she worked at IBM as a Sr. Managing Consultant / Certified Design Thinking Facilitator Coach. Tashira received an MBA from the Ross School of Business and an MSI - Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Michigan School of Information.
Aleta Simmons, M.D.
Dr. Aleta Simmons is a board certified dermatologist at the Vanderbilt University Medial Center based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has a commitment to the needs of underserved communities. While in medical school, she was a part of the team that helped build Loyola Stritch School of Medicine's Center for Service and Global Health. She led the health disparities section and organized a bi-weekly series on these issues in the Black and Hispanic communities. Currently, Dr. Simmons serves on the department of dermatology resident selection committee and spends her time mentoring underreported minorities in medicine.
Tashira Gibbs LLC was founded in 2018.
We believe all humans have the right to mobility - which encompasses cognitive, physical and social movement. We design products and services to support the mobility of all people. We do this with a focus on inclusion and belonging.