About us

Dia Cirillo specializes in leading innovation and transformation initiatives in the health care safety net ecosystem to improve access to care and health outcomes for underrepresented populations. Her work involves the development of new policy, programs, emerging technologies and digital solutions, including AI.  Most recently, she served at Deloitte Consulting in the AI & Engineering/Digital Health offering.

Her professional experience spans four states – California, Oregon, Illinois, and Tennessee. Her work in leading state, county and municipal initiatives has culminated in $43 million to communities, new state laws and lasting, innovative programs that demonstrate public accountability and reflect local stakeholder engagement. These  jurisdiction-wide system re-design efforts have improved access to care and health outcomes for underserved populations, including the justice involved, unhoused individuals and individuals with mental health conditions and substance use disorders. Her work has covered all aspects of the behavioral health continuum of care, matching service intensity with acuity, from crisis intervention to hospitalization, which includes long-term commitments adjudicated by the court system.

She served in the Metro Nashville Mayor’s Office, leading a first-time $10 million investment in mental health crisis, redesigning the first responder system and access to care in the courts. Prior to that, she directed a national demonstration project in the Illinois Governor’s Office on HIT and HIE. Her policy expertise covers health confidentiality, data exchange, the behavioral health continuum of care, Medicaid and first responder systems. She has experience with Medicaid 1115 waivers and the CAA of 2023; also standards related to interoperability and HL7 FHIR, and analytics related to health plans (MMIS), first responders (RMS and CAD), judicial systems (JIS), health surveillance data (ESSENCE), geo-location (GIS) and proprietary population analysis and MMIS digital tools.

She is certified or trained in the following change management and strategy methods: Prosci Certified Change Pracitioner, Project Management Professional (PMP), Results-Based Accountability, Human-Centered Design, Technology of Participation and Consensus-Building Processes. She holds a master’s degree from New York University, where she was a University Fellow, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Puget Sound. As a Fulbright Fellow, Dia studied the transition to democracy in Santiago de Chile. Dia is a proud graduate of the Chicago Public Schools, where she first learned life's lessons in ally-ship and humility.