Charles Redd, MS, RN, was appointed to the position of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer in Berkshire Health Systems in 2022, the organization’s first full-time role dedicated to proactively developing and implementing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that impact patients, employees and the community.

A long-time resident of Berkshire County and a nurse for more than 27 years, Redd began his career as a nursing assistant in 1985. He has worked in nursing positions of increasing responsibility for nearly three decades, including at Baystate Medical Center as Assistant Manager of Telemetry and ICU Step-Down Units, Director of Emergency and Behavioral Health Services, and Clinical Documentation Improvement Lead. Redd has served as the Director of Quality for Fairview Hospital. 

Redd has been engaged in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work for more than ten years, first as part of the Black Employees Connecting resource group at Baystate Health and then as a leadership fellow with Partnership Inc. in Boston.

Locally, Redd represents Berkshire Health Systems on the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services’ (EOHHS) Health Equity Accountability Group and the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association’s (MHA) Hospital Incentive Workgroup. These two state-level committees work to better understand data, tracking, quality standards, an accountability in matters of race, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and economic status and make recommendations to state leaders about how to implement health-equity programming and distribute related funding. He is currently a member of the BHS Council for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and writes a weekly blog exploring relationships, respect, and equity called Dignity Freedom Fighter.

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