Kevin L. Antoine, JD
Chief Diversity Officer
email: kevin.antoine@downstate.edu
As the Chief Diversity Officer of the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (Downstate), located in Brooklyn, Professor Kevin Antoine, JD, has oversight of Downstate's hiring practices, employment policies, and compliance with federal, state, and university non-discrimination laws and polices.
Professor Antoine also provides oversight, leadership, information, consultation, coordination, and assistance to Downstate's various constituencies in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of its faculty, staff, and students. In partnership with existing University Hospital efforts, he pursues the maintenance and expansion of cultural competence to increase health equity by taking into account the diversity of patients at Downstate and its Affiliated Hospitals.
Professor Antoine is a nationally recognized leader in diversity, change management, and health equity. Professor Antoine has been recognized for his work in diversity and health equity by organizations that include the National Diversity Council, the Harvard School of Public Health Newsletter, the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and City University of New York Minority Access Program.
Professor Antoine is an author and frequent speaker and lecturer at conferences, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. As an Assistant Professor of Health Law & Policy, Professor Antoine's research focuses on comparing global heath equity initiatives of the World Health Organization and United Nations to domestic health equity initiatives underway in the United States. In the new book Teaching Cultural Competence in Healthcare and Nursing he wrote the section "Tracing the Legal Right to Healthcare under International Law and U.S. Law."
Prior to coming to Downstate, Professor Antoine served as the Director of Office of Government Affairs and Diversity at the City University of New York College of Staten Island, a Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, and as an attorney for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts Equal Employment Office.
In 1996 Professor Antoine was the first African American to win a major political party's (Democratic) nomination for the United States House of Representatives in Mississippi's majority-White Fourth Congressional District. His nomination upset the Mississippi political establishment. The award winning documentary "The Candidate: The Campaign of Kevin Antoine" explores the challenges and adversity of his historic political campaign.
A former Fellow of the Harvard School of Public Health, Professor Antoine earned a Doctor of Law Degree from the College of William & Mary School of Law, a certificate in Leadership and Organizational Change from Cornell University, and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Southern Mississippi. He serves as Downstate's representative to the Association of American Medical Colleges' Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI). Professor Antoine is also a former U.S. Air Force Captain.
Shaundelle Moore Goldsmith, JD,
Diversity Coordinator
Shaundelle Moore Goldsmith is the Diversity Coordinator for the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
Prior to coming to Downstate, Ms. Moore Goldsmith worked in the litigation department of several New York law firms including Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP where she worked on government investigations and complex litigation including, civil rights, securities and bankruptcy. Ms. Moore Goldsmith received her bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and received her law degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law. She is a member in good standing of the New York State Bar.
