Co-Founder
Z&D Consulting, Florida
Zina is the Founder of Z& D Consulting whose mission is to collaborate with organizations with creating inviting, intentional and inclusive healing spaces for individuals to achieve mental wellness while creating pathways for success for individuals from underrepresented communities. She is passionate about bringing awareness to the vast disparity in mental health and substance use treatment services for BIPOC and LBGTQ+ communities and the need to address how racial and identity trauma impacts individuals and communities.
Zina has over 25 years of experience in marketing and operations. She has held senior leadership positions for national and global behavioral health care companies where she has served as Executive Director and in Senior Marketing and Business Development roles.
Zina has worked internationally which has allowed her to develop a specialty in multi-cultural program development and marketing. She is a global speaker on topics related to culture, diversity, equity, and inclusion in behavioral health care.
Zina is a social worker, certified addiction professional and ARISE trained interventionist. She is also a Certified Diversity Executive and collaborates with treatment providers on the development of transformational DEIB strategies that align with their mission and values. She provides organizations with tools and trainings to hardwire DEIB within their organizational plans by developing sustainable, ongoing initiatives that holds them accountable to keeping systems, processes, and goals inclusive to employees, clients and communities.
Zina is a board member for the following organizations which align with her passion for mental wellness: The National Association of Treatment Providers, Young People in Recovery. C4 Recovery Foundation and serves as Chair for the Brain Love Foundation.
Zina has served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers University School of Social Work. She holds a MSW with a concentration in Administration from Fordham University and a BSW degree from Rutgers University.
Integrating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging into Addiction Treatment
Friday, April 5, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
