HCC's Founders are:

Jeffrey S. Oxendine, MBA, MPH – Jeff is the President of HCC. He has been a health executive, educator and consultant for 27 years. Since his own undergraduate internship in 1982, in HCC’s predecessor program, he has held senior administrative positions in hospitals, medical groups, academic institutions and his own consulting firm. He is currently the Associate Dean of Public Health Practice at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He also is a leader in California Health Workforce and Diversity efforts as Co-Director of the California Health Professions Consortium and The California Health Workforce Alliance. Jeff teaches healthcare management at UC Berkeley School of Public Health and previously taught for 5 years at Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to coming to Berkeley he held executive roles in leading organizations including Partners Healthcare System, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Bay Imaging Consultants Medical Group and Alta Bates Medical Center.  Jeff obtained his masters degrees in Business Administration and Public Health from U.C. Berkeley where he met HCC's other Founders.

Donna M. Young, MBA, MPH- Donna has been a senior healthcare executive for over 25 years. She is currently a senior executive with Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. Donna has held hospital and medical group positions in Kaiser for the past 20 years, including serving as a Medical Group Administrator, Lead for the Northern California Health Connect Implementation and her current role as . Donna has her masters degrees in Business and Public Health from U.C. Berkeley. She was an intern while obtaining her undergraduate degree in human biology from Stanford.

Julie M. Brown, MBA, MPH- Julie has been a senior healthcare executive and consultant for over 25 years. She is the President of her own consulting firm, Julie M. Brown and Associates. Prior to starting her firm Julie held senior executive positions in Kaiser Hospitals, including being the CEO of Kaiser South San Francisco. Julie also held executive positions at Alta Bates Medical Center and Blue Cross. Julie obtained masters degrees in Business and Public Health from U.C. Berkeley. She also attended Berkeley as an undergraduate during which time she did an internship at UCSF.

Francis X. Garcia, MBA- Francis has been a successful marketing executive for over 25 years. Francis is currently Vice President of Marketing at Coupons, Inc. Prior to this, Francis was Vice President of Marketing at Sinclair International and Division President of Specialty Brands, a consumer products company, where he also served as Vice-President of Marketing. Francis also held marketing positions at Frito Lay and Proctor & Gamble. Francis obtained his Masters in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley as well as his undergraduate degree in economics. Francis is a co-founder of HCC because of his commitment to assisting young people to gain exposure, experience and support to discover and realize their passions and dreams.

All of HCC's founders are people of color. Mr. Oxendine is a Lumbee Indian. Ms. Brown and Ms. Young are African American. Mr. Garcia is Mexican American.