Sheila ​Baxter-Lamb, MPH

Biography

Sheila Baxter-Lamb, MPH, is a healthcare strategy and operations leader whose work has been deeply shaped by her connection to the University of California, Berkeley. She serves in business operations and strategy within Kaiser Permanente’s Information Technology division, driving innovation at the intersection of care delivery and technology.

A Berkeley-rooted entrepreneur, Sheila joined Healthy Communities Institute, a startup founded out of UC Berkeley and led business development through its acquisition by Xerox.

Sheila maintains a longstanding commitment to the UC Berkeley School of Public Health as faculty, where she has taught strategic leadership and healthcare strategy and now leads the Health Policy and Management Capstone program. Her dedication to advancing the school’s mission extends through her service as former President of the School of Public Health Alumni Association and her current board role with the broader UC Berkeley California Alumni Association. She also sits on the Northern California Regent’s Advisory Council of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

She earned her MPH in Health Policy & Management from Berkeley in 2010, received the Henrik L. Blum Award for Distinguished Social Action, and was honored with the early career healthcare executive award from the American College of Healthcare Executives in 2022.

Education

• MPH – Health Policy and Management
  University of California, Berkeley, 2010
• BS – Health Sciences
  University of California, Santa Cruz, 2006

Courses Taught

• • Spring 2027 | PBHLTH 223A SEM 002
  • Capstone Seminar in Health Policy and Management
• • Fall 2026 | PBHLTH 223A SEM 002
  • Capstone Seminar in Health Policy and Management
• • Spring 2024 | PBHLTH 290
  • Strategic Leadership
• • Fall 2023 | PBHLTH W223
  • Strategy in Healthcare Organizations