Press Release  Auditor Bump Reappoints Dr. Kimberly Truong to Serve on the Self-Determination Advisory Board

Boston, MA — On Monday, State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump reappointed Dr. Kimberly Truong to serve on the Self-Determination Advisory Board. Truong was sworn-in during a virtual ceremony.

Truong is the executive director of both the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Office at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She is president and founder XEM Consulting Services, LLC where she provides strategic advisory services for higher education institutions, non-profit organizations, government entities, foundations, and the business sector. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previously, she was the director of inclusion programs at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

She holds a Ph.D in higher education from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and bachelors’ degrees in fine arts and politics from Brandeis University.

Truong will serve on the board for another term of three years, after which she will be eligible for reappointment.

The Self-Determination Advisory Board was created to advise the Department of Developmental Services on efforts to implement, publicize, evaluate, improve and develop information regarding self-determination.

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