Mr. David Luna

David Luna, MBA, JDFaculty

> >This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it > is a faculty member with Chaos Management and an organizational consultant who helps his clients use their core business strategies as anchors for their initiatives in the areas of leadership development, workforce diversity, change management, team effectiveness, and organizational design and planning.He has served major corporations, Internet start-ups, educational institutions, not-for-profit groups and government agencies.As Director of Diversity for Unicom, a Fortune 200 energy corporation, David redesigned the company's diversity strategies and improved its national diversity ranking by nearly three quartiles over two years.As Chief Strategy Officer for an educational services firm serving K-12 markets he led and supported the development of forward-looking business strategies and models.Previously, David spent nearly a decade with the Latino Institute, an agency serving Chicago's Hispanic population, where he held the positions of Director of Advocacy and Director of Leadership and Organizational Development.David holds an MBA with concentrations in Finance, Electronic Commerce and Entrepreneurship from the University of Illinois and a law degree from the University of Chicago.He is a member of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs.

David Luna Named Vice President Of Multicultural Affairs

David LunaSaint Mary's Health Care is pleased to announce the appointment of David Luna as Vice President of Multicultural Affairs.He will assume his new role in early January 2008.

An organizational change specialist by training, Mr. Luna's most recent position was as Vice President of Diversity for The Thomson Corporation in Stanford, Connecticut, where he served as the thought leader and practice expert in the area of diversity for the $8 billion international company with 35,000 employees.Previously he had been principal of Diversity Leadership Services in Chicago, where he operated a consulting and coaching practice focused on diversity and leadership development.He has also been in leadership roles for Unicom Corporation (Commonwealth Edison) and for the Latino Institute, both in Chicago.Mr. Luna earned both his Bachelor's and MBA degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago and his JD (Juris Doctor) from the University of Chicago.

As Vice President of Multicultural Affairs at Saint Mary's Health Care, Luna will report to the President and CEO and will be responsible for creating successful strategies that translate into priorities for leading and championing cultural competence, inclusion, and diversity across and at all levels of the organization.Said Luna about his new role: "I am very excited to be joining the Saint Mary's community as it makes cultural competence and inclusion key elements in providing an exceptional experience for its patients and employees."

David Luna Named Vice President Of Multicultural Affairs

GRAND RAPIDS - Saint Mary's Health Care recently hired David Luna as vice president of multicultural affairs, the organization's first full-time position dedicated to diversity.

The new position resulted from feedback from a range of focus groups, according to Saint Mary's Health Care spokeswoman Micki Benz."Diversity will be much more a part of our strategic plan," she said.

Saint Mary's previously shared a vice president of diversity with Battle Creek Health System and Mercy General Health Partners.All three are part of the Trinity Health Network.

Just three weeks on the job, Luna met with MiBiz late last month to discuss plans and goals for diversity at Saint Mary's.One goal is to develop diversity initiatives for the hospital, including attracting diverse talent.

"We want to establish our reputation as a developer of diverse talent," Luna told MiBiz.

He believes that building a solid reputation for diversity will help Saint Mary's stay ahead of the game in the talent wars.Nationally, Hispanics and African-Americans each represent only about 4-6 percent of staff in the healthcare industry, meaning diversity initiatives have a long way to go.Luna said that all healthcare organizations are facing similar tough challenges.
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Luna said diversity can also cover age, sexual orientation, physical limitations and even communication, work styles and different ways of processing information.

Luna told MiBiz he is impressed with the diversity work being done at IBM Corp. and Kellogg Co.Although some companies put diversity experts on staff, there's a lot of fluff and no substance.

Compared to the days of equal opportunity and affirmative action that took hold in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the drive for diversity has changed to "making more of a business case," Luna said."I think this is a very fertile field."

However, it has never been - and is not - easy.Effective diversity initiatives could take up to five years to take hold.Benz said Luna may become a part of staff meetings or offer training and workshops in the diversity arena.Any initiative would have to be measurable, she said.

All Saint Mary's employees need to have a level of cultural competence to be able to respond to the needs of patients and visitors.For example, an employee needed to help a visitor who didn't speak English and was having a hard time communicating that he needed a taxi.

"We want to provide high quality healthcare for all by including culturally competent healthcare," Luna said.

Luna noted that healthcare is incredibly diverse gender-wise and in some positions more men need to be recruited into healthcare - even at the level of medical doctors.

"We know that over 50 percent of medical school students in the United States are women," Luna said."The entire profession is changing.In terms of representation, how many of ‘x' you have is only one small component of the diversity picture."

Benz described Saint Mary's as a "city in itself" and noted there are always a lot of job openings in various positions.

Luna said he turned down other diversity positions and was convinced of the importance Saint Mary's placed on diversity.He is impressed with Saint Mary's five health centers and clinics that serve diverse patients.These include Clinica Santa Maria, a primary care health center serving Hispanics since 1993; Sparta Family Health Center, which serves the migrant worker population; Browning Claytor Health Center, which serves many African-Americans; Saint Mary's Advanced Specialty Care for those suffering with HIV; and a center on Division Avenue and Wealthy Street, which serves primarily the homeless population in the Heartside district.

An organizational change specialist by training, Luna's most recent position was as vice president of diversity for Thomson Corp. in Stamford, Conn.There he served as the diversity-thought leader and practice leader for the $8 billion company.Luna also was the principal of Chicago-based Diversity Leadership Services, where he operated a consulting and coaching practice focused on diversity and leadership development.He served in leadership roles for Unicom Corp. and the Latino Institute in Chicago.He has bachelor's, master's and law degrees from the University of Chicago.