District II Alternate

Vidya Iyengar is the Regional Executive Director, Medi-Cal Strategy and Operations at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.  She leads the Medi-Cal line of business for the region, including enterprise-wide initiatives as part of the National Medicaid and vulnerable populations community of practice. In the previous four years she had been a Asst. Medical Group Administrator in the Greater Southern Alameda Area of Kaiser Permanente. In this role, she provided oversight to outpatient departments including Obstetrics/gynecology; surgery/surgical specialties and ophthalmology/optometry, while leading medical center wide initiatives. She joined the Permanente Medical Group in 2009 as the Director of Psychiatry in the Kaiser Permanente East Bay Area.

Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, she worked as the Ethnic Services Manager in the Contra Costa County mental health division and lead the Reducing Healthcare Disparities initiative. During her tenure in the County, she also developed the Workforce development and training program with the vision of creating competent, caring and high performing teams. She has had a breadth of experience leading treatment programs in outpatient and residential community healthcare focused on patients with a dual diagnosis of mental health and substance abuse disorders.

She is a licensed mental health clinician and has spent her early professional career as a therapist in County and community health settings. Throughout her career, she has been guided by her passion to work with underserved communities and Medi-Cal/Medicare recipients. She volunteers as the Board President of a non-profit organization serving survivors of domestic violence in the Bay Area. She serves on the advisory council of the Bay Area Women’s Healthcare Executive Council.