Diane Tran joined Fairview Health Services in 2015 and currently serves as the System Executive Director of Community Health Equity and Engagement at M Health Fairview and Executive Director of the Center for Community Health Equity. Diane previously provided strategic community engagement consulting services at Grassroots Solutions including directing Minnesota field activities for the Pew Charitable Trusts’ program to advance federal clean energy policies. Recent board service includes serving as Chair of the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation and the Health Equity Advisory and Leadership (HEAL) Council for the Minnesota Department of Health. Diane was recognized by Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal as a “Women in Business” honoree in 2025 and Twin Cities Business Magazine named her a “Notable Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Executive” in 2022 and one of “100 Minnesotans to Know in 2015.” She was invited as an inaugural member of the Young American Leaders Program (YALP) at Harvard Business School in 2015, selected as a 2013 German Marshall Memorial Fellow, and served as a 2006-2007 Humphrey School Policy Fellow. Diane earned a self-designed bachelor’s degree in International Social Policy with a double major in Humanities at The College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth, MN and obtained her Certified Professional Project Manager (CPPM) from the Opus College of Business Executive Education at the University of Saint Thomas. Diane is the founder of Minnesota Rising, a statewide network of emerging leaders, and a co-founder of LOCUS, a local resource network created for and by Twin Cities BIPOC community members. The daughter of refugees, Diane is acutely aware of the influence of place in shaping an individual’s life, and is committed to building the capacity and resilience of her local communities.

Odi joined MDH as the director of the Health Equity Strategy and Innovation Division in January 2024. Prior to joining MDH, she worked at the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity as a project manager and research scholar. She also served as the director of operations for The Research in Color Foundation and is a current Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Her research focuses on investigating structural factors that result in racial inequities in long-term services and supports, generating population-level research evidence, and working collaboratively toward translating research evidence into effective interventions at the policy level and in long-term care programs and services.

Odi has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology from the University of California, San Diego, and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. When she is not working, she enjoys developing and testing new food and drink recipes, traveling to explore new cities and cuisines, visiting with family and friends, being in community and relaxing at home doing her skincare routine.