About Us: David Hunt, President and CEO

David B. Hunt
President and CEO

David Hunt is a national expert on diversity-related matters in law, business and medicine. He has consulted on diversity matters with some of the nation’s leading companies, including Microsoft, 3M, American Family Insurance, Firstar Banks, and Southern California Edison.

Over time, David has developed national expertise on diversity-related matters in law, business and medicine:

HealthCare: A sought-after national speaker on issues of racial and ethnic disparities in health care and the legal aspects of providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care, David recently served as the public policy chair of the Minnesota Immigrant Health Task Force. Virtually 80% of Critical Measures current work is in the area of cultural competence in health care. Its health care clients include industry-leading health insurers, managed care organizations and hospitals. Together with physician partners from the Harvard Medical School, Critical Measures has created, licensed and sold the nation's first e-learning programs on cross-cultural medicine for continuing education credit for doctors and nurses.

Business: Over the last eight years, David has worked with leading American corporations such as Microsoft, American Family Insurance and 3M on diversity matters. Recently, he helped Critical Measures land an exclusive national contract to provide diversity training to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member institutions.

Law: David has worked with the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Minnesota Court of Appeals, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, area law schools and the Minnesota State Bar Association to provide training programs for attorneys on diversity and the elimination of bias in the legal system.

Prior to working in the diversity field, David worked as an attorney, specializing in employment and civil rights law. A former adjunct professor at the William Mitchell College of Law, David has mediated employment law matters for the EEOC and the Minnesota Office of Dispute Resolution as part of the Minnesota Human Rights Mediation Program.

A writer, speaker and current events commentator, David has appeared on the McNeill-Lehrer News Hour and published numerous articles. He received his B.A. from Carleton College and his J.D. from the William Mitchell College of Law. David and his wife Joan Staveley have three children: Katie (21), Sarah (18) and Samuel (2).

Join Critical Measures to download the full text of How Cultural Competence Relates to Your Hospital’s Business Objectives, by David B. Hunt.

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