The importance of trust and relationship development between managers and their subordinates is key to organizational success and individual-level goal realization within public health departments. Leader-member Exchange (LMX) is measured through the Conditions of Trust Inventory (CTI) as the CTI provides an effective quantifiable rubric by which to measure the strength of relationships between pairs of people, specifically managers and employees. This research explores the differential, measureable, effects of workplace trust through the theoretical underpinnings of the LMX theory. Participants attending this session with think critically about trust relationship barriers and concomitant adverse impacts these barriers place upon women and racial/ethnic minorities in the public health workforce.