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Dr. Kenneth Kim is Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at GLIDE Foundation, where he is responsible for driving the implementation of our 5-year strategic plan, GLIDE Forward, and serves as the in-house consultant to lead strategic projects across the organization. This includes ensuring alignment and direction of innovation and expansion projects with organizational strategy as well as infuse design thinking into planning activities and implementation of related activities, services, and systems. He joined GLIDE as Clinical Director in 2015. Kenneth has represented GLIDE as a member of the Community Advisory Committee for Tenderloin Health Improvement Project (TLHIP), Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force, Alternative to Police Funding Steering Committee, as well as other collaborations with Bay Area community-based organizations and city agencies. He has advised on city initiatives including overdose prevention sites and Mental Health SF and currently serves on the Board of Supervisor’s Drug Dealing Task Force. Kenneth is board member at TNDC and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and an advisor for the Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco.
Kenneth is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in community mental health, foster care system, and treatment of trauma and has worked in human services for over 20 years. His volunteer, training, and work experience include but not limited to programs addressing violence prevention, severe mental illness, substance use, psychological evaluation, and crisis intervention. Kenneth earned his Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute in Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from UC Davis.
