Alameda Health System (AHS) has announced the appointment of Kinkini Banerjee as the president of the AHS board of trustees. She will be the first person of Indian descent and the first immigrant to hold the position.
Banerjee will succeed Dr Taft Bhuket, who served as the president of the Board of Trustees from 2021 to 2023. "The board is the governing body of AHS, the public health care provider and medical training institution that has served Alameda County since 1864," a news release noted.