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Dante D. King is the founder and principal of King of Kings Consulting, the institutional B2B practice based in Oakland, California. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

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Dante D. King is the founder and principal of King of Kings Consulting, the institutional B2B consulting practice based in Oakland, California. The practice serves hospital systems, academic medical centers, universities, school districts, and government agencies on multi-year leadership development and organizational transformation engagements.

He served as Deputy Director of the Office of Health Equity at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (8,000 employees), as Director of Race, Equity, and Inclusion at the SFMTA (6,000 employees) and the agency's inaugural Ombudsperson, and as Senior HR Manager at the City and County of San Francisco, where he designed and delivered citywide implicit bias training to 20,000+ employees including the SFPD.

He has delivered guest lectures at Stanford Medicine, Johns Hopkins, and UCSF, and is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He served as expert witness in People v. Finley (2023), helping codify new California law under the Racial Justice Act.

Recognitions

• NADOHE Higher Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award (2024)
• NAME Carter G. Woodson Service Award (2023)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education — Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Peer-reviewed publication

Co-author, "Addressing Anti-Black Racism in an Academic Preterm Birth Initiative." BMC Public Health, 2023. Documents the five-year institutional partnership between King of Kings Consulting and the California Preterm Birth Initiative at the UCSF School of Medicine.

Accredited continuing education

UCSF School of Medicine. Understanding the Roots of Racism and Bias — course series MMC23096B-E, accredited 2021–2025 for 16.25 CME/CE hours across medicine, law, social work, nursing, and behavioral sciences.

Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development. Developing Anti-Racism Leadership Competencies to Achieve Inclusive Practices and Health Equity — four-session, 15.0-hour CME/CE course co-facilitated with Dr. Robin DiAngelo; the flagship course, part of 22.5 accredited hours at Mayo. 75+ global healthcare leaders trained.

The full course record, including the second Mayo course and the MCLE provider accreditation, is on the accredited education page.

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