Dr. Kathleen Lang

Kathleen Lang serves Imperial County Medi-Cal members and providers, as well as community partners striving for improved healthcare and social outcomes. Kathleen’s local leadership role reinforces the belief that robust relationships are built, and stewardship is maximized at the local level. Kathleen has proven expertise in the fields of public administration and community health, blending past professional and academic experience with evidence-based practice to convene stakeholders, building thriving communities through collective impact. Kathleen finds it especially satisfying to listen to new ideas from others – no matter their professional experience – that provide the potential for improving a process, policy, or system and appreciates when others share their knowledge and experience for the benefit of all team members. By doing so, she embraces the community health mission to promote and protect the health of local residents, developing and implementing complex projects related to health and social services, resource allocation, locally based strategic leadership and planning, and collaboration with local, state, and federal partners to achieve positive change.