Shelina is a public health social worker, community connector, and health equity ambassador. She serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) where she has the honor of leading and working in partnership with a team of 100+ talented public health professionals along with 500+ community partners on over 70 projects in a given year to achieve health and racial equity for all Louisianans. Shelina brings over fifteen years of experience in leadership development, organizational change management, health equity and racial justice, mental health and addictions prevention, treatment and recovery, public health, and health systems development. Shelina gives back to her local community and to the next generation of leaders as a board member of Albert Schweitzer Fellowship - New Orleans; Emancipet – nonprofit pet clinic organization; GPOA Foundation– a grantmaking, independent foundation which supports programs that serve young people in New Orleans; National Networks of Public Health Institutes – a membership association of 40+ public health institutes across the country; Propeller – a New Orleans-based social entrepreneurship non-profit organization; and the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. In April 2020, Shelina was appointed to serve on Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards' COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force as the Louisiana Prisons Sub-Committee Chair and the Louisiana Office of Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Action Collaborative to ensure the safety and well-being of all Louisianans
during COVID-19. Shelina is a proud Louisianan, Historically Black College & University (HBCU) graduate; and lives in New Orleans with her husband, Kenny Lamberti and adopted dog, Odin.