Tiffany Capeles currently serves as the VP, Chief Equity Officer at Intermountain Healthcare, a fully integrated health system consisting of 33 hospitals and 385 clinics over 9 states, with over 3,800 employed physicians and APPs, 59,000 employees, and over 1 million health plan members. Her responsibilities include leading the development and deployment of diversity, health equity, inclusion and belonging related strategies across four population areas: caregivers, members, patients, and our community. Prior to joining Intermountain, Capeles was the System Director for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at CHRISTUS Health, an international health ] system operating in across 4 countries. In this capacity, she led system efforts to improve patients’ health outcomes, and sets the strategy for diversity and inclusion within the organization. Her tenure at CHRISTUS was preceded by her role as Program Director for the Health and Wellness Alliance for Children, at Children’s Health in Dallas, Texas. There she led multiple community workgroups to address childhood asthma exacerbation rates. The program was hailed by both the Environmental Protection Agency, and later the American Hospital Association though the 2017 NOVA Award. Prior to Children’s Health, Capeles served in multiple roles at Adventist Health Care, where she implemented the Qualified Bilingual Staff Program that became a state hospital association-endorsed standard; developed online cultural competency training modules; race, ethnicity, and language data collection trainings; conducted 360° Organizational Cultural Competency assessments; and secured continuation of a state accreditation for the certified nursing assistant program.

Her work has led to CHRISTUS receiving the 2016 Equity Care Award from the American Hospital Association, as well as the 2017 National Diversity Council Excellence Award for Healthcare Diversity, at the Dallas Chapter, and the National Diversity Council’s Healthcare Diversity Award in 2021. In 2019, she earned Fellow status, from the distinguished American College of HealthCare Executives, and was recognized as a 2019 Tomorrow’s Leader by the Catholic Health Association, and as a 2020 Modern Healthcare Emerging Leader. In 2021, she received the Career Achievement Award from the National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives. Publication of her work can be found in the Journal of Healthcare Management’s September/October 2019 issue titled, “What Happens When an Organization Tackles Unconscious Bias and Promotes Diversity of Thought?” Capeles is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the National Association of Latino Health Executives, and the National Association of Health Service Executives. She previously served as a City Commissioner for the City of Richardson, TX, prior to relocating to Salt Lake City, UT. She earned her Master of Business Administration in Finance from Hood College in Maryland, and her Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration from Kent State University in Ohio. In her free time, she enjoys camping, leading youth community programs, and participating in triathlons with her children.