Co-Chairs
Hector Flores, MD
Chair, Family Practice Department
White Memorial Medical Center
Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
President
Health Begins
Subcommittee Members
Manal Aboelata, MPH
Deputy Executive Director
Prevention Institute
Judee Berg, MS, RN, FACHE
CEO
Health Impact
Tim Berthold, MPH
Faculty and Program Coordinator, Community Health Worker Certificate Program
City College of San Francisco
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
Joe Castro, PhD, MPP
President
California State University, Fresno
Garrett Chan, PhD, NP
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine – Primary Care and Population Health
Stanford University
Toni Chavis-Green, MD
Dr. Toni Johnson Chavis Medical Practice
Yvonne Choong, MPP
Vice President, Center for Health Policy
California Medical Association
Muntu Davis, MD, MPH
Director and Health Officer
Alameda County Public Health Department
Michael DeRosa
Assistant Professor/Department Chair, Physician Assistant Department
Samuel Merritt University
Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine, UCLA
Angela Echiverri, MD, MPH
Family Medicine Physician; Faculty
North Richmond Center for Health; Contra Costa Family Medicine Residency Program
Jonathan Fielding, MD, MBA, MPH
Former Director/Health Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Jane Garcia, MPH
President and CEO
La Clinica de la Raza
Dean Germano, MHSc, FACHE
CEO
Shasta Community Health Center
Kevin Grumbach, MD
Co-Director
UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care
Gary Gugelchuk, PhD
Provost and Chief Operating Officer
Western University of Health Sciences
Ed Hernandez, OD
Senator (Former)
California State Senate
Susan Hogeland, CAE
Executive Vice President
California Association of Family Physicians
Bob Montoya, MD, MPH
Medical Consultant
Felix Nunez, MD, MPH
Medical Director – Inland Empire
Molina Healthcare of California
Mary Pittman, DrPH
President and CEO
Public Health Institute
Karen Smith, MD, MPH
Director and State Public Health Officer
California Department of Public Health
Richard Thomason
Director of Policy
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Lead Staff
Melissa Schoen, MBA, MPH
Owner/Principal
Schoen Consulting
