National Children’s Study Federal Advisory Committee Member
Mr. Guzman has more than 36 years of experience working with health and human service programs targeting the southwest Detroit Hispanic community. Since 1983, Mr. Guzman has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS), a comprehensive Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with three locations in Detroit that provide a full range of culturally competent primary health care and social services. During his tenure as CEO of CHASS, Mr. Guzman has increased funding from $650,000 to over $5 million dollars annually. Mr. Guzman has been successful in obtaining federal, state, and local governmental and foundation grant funding to plan and implement several major community-level interventions addressing chronic disease and intimate partner violence in Detroit. He serves as Program Director for REACH Detroit Partnership (a CDC-funded initiative addressing diabetes among African Americans and Hispanics) and for “LA VIDA” (a multi-component community intervention addressing domestic violence against Latina women). Through his involvement with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center based at the University of Michigan, Mr. Guzman serves as a leading advocate for community participation in the planning and implementation of health programs relevant to minority communities. Mr. Guzman’s publications include co-authoring articles in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Education and Behavior, and Ethnicity and Disease, to name a few. Mr. Guzman is an active member in several local and national organizations including the National Association of Community Health Centers, the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority, and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health. He has received numerous awards including the National Hispanic Health Leadership Award in Washington, DC; the Zenobia Payne-Drake Humanitarian Award from the Detroit Black Family Development, Inc., agency; and most recently, the Excellence in Community Development Award from the Michigan Hispanic Business Association in 2005 and the Helping Hands Award from the Michigan Head Start Association in 2006.