Dr. Suganya Sockalingam

Suganya Sockalingam, Ph.D. senior consultant to the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is passionately committed to creating an environment in which health care consumers/clients and their families, providers, and advocates can dialog meaningfully to create innovative approaches to address health and social services access and utilization. She ensures all points are included through attentive listening, processing the information collaboratively with her audience, and offering insight to address issues at hand. Her greatest strength is her ability to set aside her own philosophy, values, and beliefs capturing the true essence of what the group visualizes. Her commitment as a facilitator and educator is to motivate and focus thought and action.
 
Suganya is co-founder and executive director of TeamWorks© a consulting firm which provides consultation, facilitation, and training on Cultural Diversity, Competence, and Communication as well as Conflict Resolution and Leadership solutions. She conducts focused dialogues, consensus building, strategic, and action planning workshops on issues related to health, social services, and education. She also functions as a senior consultant to Summit Health Institute on Research and Education (SHIRE) an organization committed to addressing health disparities through research and education.

She has co-developed several curricula including "Culture, Conflict and Communication" on culturally competent conflict resolution, mediation, and "Transformative Leadership" that incorporates values and principles that guide leadership, cultural and linguistic competence, family involvement and conflict resolution. She is currently working with health and mental health organizations to address 'ISMs' within their organizations and move beyond fractured personnel relationships to an inclusive multicultural workforce.
 
Suganya has worked in many capacities in Public Health, both nationally and internationally, for over 28 years.