The California Future Health Workforce Commission is composed of recognized senior leaders who represent California’s diversity and bring expertise from health, education, employment, labor, and government sectors.
Janet Napolitano, JD
Co-chair
President
University of California
Lloyd Dean, MA
Co-chair
President/CEO
Dignity Health
Anne Bakar
President and CEO
Telecare Corporation
America Bracho, MD, MPH
Executive Director
Latino Health Access
Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Vice President for Nursing, Chief Nursing Officer
Cedars-Sinai
David Carlisle, MD, PhD, MPH
President and CEO
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Joseph Castro, PhD, MPP
President
California State University, Fresno
Patrick Courneya, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
National Health Plan and Hospitals Quality
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd
Director
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Hector Flores, MD
Chair – Family Practice Department
White Memorial Medical Center
Jane Garcia, MPH
President and CEO
La Clinica de la Raza
C. Dean Germano, MHSc, FACHE
CEO
Shasta Community Health Center
Elizabeth Gibboney, MA
CEO
Partnership HealthPlan of California
Alma Hernandez
Executive Director
SEIU California
Ed Hernandez, OD
Former Senator
California State Senate
Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
President
HealthBegins
Arnie Milstein, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Stanford University
Eloy Ortiz Oakley, MBA
Chancellor
California Community Colleges
Sheila Thornton
President and CEO
OneFuture Coachella Valley
Timothy White, PhD
Chancellor
California State University
Michael Wilkening, MA
Secretary
California Health and Human Services Agency
Jim Wood, DDS
Assemblymember
California State Assembly
Donna Wyatt, MS
Director – Career and College Transitions Division
California Department of Education
Heather M. Young, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Founding Dean Emerita
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis