Sabrina Lakhani currently serves as the Special Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner in the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). In this capacity, she oversees all racial equity and social justice work for her Division which includes launching and leading OEPR for Equity, a division-wide priority that aims to codify a racial equity lens to public health emergency planning and response. Previous to this role, Sabrina worked at the Children’s Aid Society, managing non-profit programs aimed at advancing financial empowerment in targeted high-needs NYC neighborhoods. She holds her Masters of Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics and dual Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Women’s Studies from the University of Florida.
