Dorian L. Wingard

Background

About Dorian L. Wingard

Dorian L. Wingard, MPA is a co-founder and partner at Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT), and serves as its Chief Operations Officer, Policy Director. ROOTT is a collective of concerned Black Families, community members, advocates & interdisciplinary professionals dedicated to eliminating Black health inequities causing maternal & infant mortality in Ohio.​ ​ ROOTT’s mission is to comprehensively restore our collective well-being through collaboration, resource allocation, research & re-empowerment, in order to meet the needs of Black parents & families within communities.​ Known as an innovative and strategic executive, prior C-suite posts include Chief Executive Officer & Consultant at Midwest Strategies, Chief Operations Officer at Columbus Area Integrated Health, VP & Chief Operations Officer of the Columbus Urban League, Assistant Director & Chief of Staff of the Franklin County DJFS and Special Assistant to the Superintendent & CEO of Columbus City Schools, Ohio's largest school district. Dorian has a demonstrated record of impactful and productive leadership in large and complex organizations. An honors student with degrees from Capital University & The Ohio State University Glenn School of Public Affairs, Dorian has nearly 20 years of administrative & management experience in the public & private sector. Dorian is a proud member of the '08 class of Leadership Ohio, a Fellow of the '07 class of the Jefferson Center's African American Leadership Academy, a 2010 winner of central Ohio’s Business First’s, Forty Under 40 Award and 2013 recipient of Columbus State Community College's 50th Anniversary History Maker award. Current civic involvement includes past President of the Board of Trustees for Columbus Area Integrated Health Services, Inc, a member of the Executive Committee of the Anne E. Casey Foundation’s Franklin County Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative & Chair of the Sub-Committee on Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System. Dorian is the proud father of two young adults, Taariq, 30 & Tahirah 27, and grandfather to Saniyah, Sovi, Saige, Nasir and Aedan, and resides in Columbus, Ohio.