Region IX: Regional Health Equity Council Members
| Name | Title/Organization | Population/Focus | State | Phone/Email |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Guerrero, MBA | Chief, Office of Border Health Offie of the Director Arizona Department of Health Services | Border Health | AZ | 520-770-3110; robert.guerrero@ azdhs.gov |
| Hope MacDonald LoneTree | Tribal Relations Consultant, Enrolled Member of the Navajo Nation | Native American/Alaskan Native Community Leader | AZ | macdonaldlonetree@ gmail.com |
| Zipatly Mendoza | Office Chief, Arizona Health Disparities Center Bureau of Health Systems Development Arizona Department of Health Services | Health Disparities | AZ | 602-542-2909; zipatly.mendoza@ azdhs.gov |
| Elizabeth Ortiz de Valdez, MD | President/CEO, Concilio Latino de Salud, Inc. | Latino Community, Health Care | AZ | 602-285-0970, 602-478-4490 (cell); dr.ortizdevaldez@ concilio.org drortizdevaldez@ aol.com |
| Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS | Associate Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health University of Arizona | Environment, Academia | AZ | 602-827-2205; crosales@ email.arizona.edu |
| Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan | Governor, Arizona Chapter of the American College of Cardiology | Cardiologist | AZ | kvijaymd@gmail.com |
| Don Yellowman | President, Forgotten People | Pollution, Water Quality, Land Use, Native American/Alaskan Native Community Leader | AZ | 928-401-1777; 202-215-3100(cell); forgottenpeoplecdc@ gmail.com |
| Kidest Babi, RN, MSN | Nurse Practitioner, LAC & USC Medical Center | Geriatrics, Chronic Disease Management, Elder Abuse | CA | 323-226-3638; kbabi@earthlink.net |
| Robert Beltran, MD, MBA, FACMQ, CHCQM | Senior Medical Director, Citizens Choice Healthplan | Physician, Foundation | CA | 323-728-7232 ext.2155; medicalquality@ msn.com |
| Shené Bowie, DrPH | Executive Director, State Resource Centers | Public Health | CA | 510-772-8281; joyfitness@aol.com |
| Arthur Chen, MD | Senior Fellow, Asian Health Services | Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Community | CA | artc@ahschc.com |
| AJ Chen, PhD | Director of Semantic Technology, Healthline Networks | Health IT, Nonprofit | CA | 650-283-4091; ajchen@ healthline.com |
| C. Rocco Cheng, PhD | Corporate Director, Prevention and Early Intervention Services, Pacific Clinics | Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Community, Mental Health | CA | 626-960-4020 ext. 208; rcheng@ pacificclinics.org |
| Clarice M. Crossley, BSN, MHA | Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser Permanente - South Bay Medical Center | Health Plans | CA | 910-517-3082; clarice.m.crossley@ kp.org |
| Susana De Anda | Co-Executive Director, Community Water Center | Poverty | CA | 559-733-0219; susana.deanda@ communitywater center.org |
| Ted Fang | Director, Asian Week Foundation | Asian Americans, Cultural Diversity, Media | CA | tedyfang@gmail.com |
| Laura Hardcastle | Chief, Office of Multicultural Health, California Department of Public Health and Department of Health Care Services | Multicultural Health | CA | 916-440-7562; Laura.hardcastle@ cdph.ca.gov |
| Michael A. Huff, PhD | Director, African American Health Disparity Project | Education and Research | CA | 415-931-1685; mhuff@aahdp.org |
| Bill Imada | Chairman, CEO, IW Group, Inc. | Media, Communications | CA | 310-289-5500; bimada@ iwgroupinc.com |
| Vicki M. Mays, PhD, MSPH | Professor, University of California - LA | Academia | CA | 310-206-5159; mays@ucla.edu |
| Rachel A. Morello-Frosch, PhD, MPH | Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley | Academia, Environmental Justice | CA | rmf@berkeley.edu |
| David Pryor, MD, MPH, CHIE | West Coast Medical Director, NBC Universal | Health Plans | CA | 818-777-8150; david.pryor@ nbcuni.com |
| Kelvin Quan, JD, MPH | Associate Dean, University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health | Academia | CA | 510-643-3897; kelvinquan@ berkeley.edu |
| Raynald A. Samoa, MD | Assistant Clinical Professor, City of Hope | Primary Care | CA | 626-256-4673 ext. 65208; rsamoa@coh.org |
| Cheryl Scott, MD, MPH | Chief Medical Officer, Central Neighborhood Health Foundation | CA | 404-630-9635; cherscot@ gmail.com |
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| Grace H. Ting, MHA | Director, Health Services, WellPoint, Inc. Health Equities and Cultural Linguistic Program Office | Health Plans | CA | 310-824-3613; grace.ting@ wellpoint.com |
| Bonnie Wheatley, MPH, MA, EdD | Principal, Women's Health Information and Educational Services, Inc. | Breast Cancer Awareness | CA | 510-652-3256; workingwoman48@ gmail.com |
| Betty Smith Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN | President Emerita, National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA) | Nursing | CA | 323-294-4676; betwilliam@aol.com |
| Peter Wong, PhD, MScEcon, MPP | Research Director, Asian and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California (APIDC) | Disability | CA | 310-428-2885; wongpeter01@ yahoo.com |
| Ellen Wu, MPH | Executive Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network | Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Community | CA | ewu@cpehn.org |
| Davina M. Lujan, MD | Medical Director, PMC Isla Health System | Family Medicine | GU | 671-632-1447; dmtlujan@yahoo.com |
| Xuan-Lan Doan | Consultant | HIV/AIDS, NHPI | HI | 808-561-3385; xuanlan@critpath.org |
| Maile Tauali'i, PhD, MPH | Director, Native Hawaiian Epidemiology Center, Papa Ola Lokahi | Epidemiology, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders | HI | 808-591-6653; mtaualii@ papadalokahi.org; mtaualii@hawaii.edu |
| Melva Thompson-Robinson, DrPH | Executive Director, Center for Health Disparities Research, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas | Public Health | NV | 702-287-1847; melva.thompson- robinson @unlv.edu |
| Debra Toney, PhD, RN, FAAN | Director of Nursing, Nevada Health Centers, Inc. | NV | 702-307-5421; dtoney@ nvhealthcenters.org |
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| Calvinia Williams | President and CEO, Lupus of Nevada Inc. | Public Health | NV | Calvinia2@cox.net |