Jessi Kingston

System Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at North Memorial Health

Jessi Kingston is currently the System Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at North Memorial Health. Jessi has dedicated their career to public service and fighting for equity.

Jessi began their career with the City of Saint Paul in 2012 as the Director of the Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity. In this role, Jessi was focused on redesigning and implementing new procurement processes and procedures, including a citywide Enterprise Resource Planning System. Jessi also initiated and managed commodity strategies, contact negotiations, vendor selection, and vendor management.

During their time with the City of Saint Paul, Jessi made several key achievements. Jessi created standard operating procedures and managed compliance, which improved employee expertise, increased community trust, and vendor accountability. Jessi also collaborated with city departments to provide cost-effective, transparent, and convenient bidding on contracting opportunities. In addition, Jessi reduced economic barriers for women and minority small owned business enterprises by aligning diversified supply base within commodities typically purchased by the city and implementing a “Plain Language” Initiative related to internal and external compliance documents including contracts, affirmative action, prevailing wage, Section 3 and vendor outreach.

Jessi also co-created Saint Paul’s strategic plan on racial equity. Jessi developed and implemented a successful mission/vision/goals and departmental work-plan that impacted hiring practices, training programs and purchasing decisions. Jessi also established and managed a racial-equity training program for 3000+ city employees that changed the way employees delivered service to the community. In addition, Jessi organized

Jessi Kingston reports to J. Kevin Croston, Chief Executive Officer. They are on a team with Kent Spaulding - Vice President, Development, Larry Hegland - VP, Medical Affairs, and Dan Fromm - CFO.

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