HCC Advisory Board

HCC is guided by a National Advisory Board of health employer, health professions school and pipeline program leaders. The Advisory Board is representative of HCC’s multiple regions, health sectors and major partners. The Advisory Board informs HCC’s Programs, organizational development and provide support to HCC interns and alumni. Many also host HCC interns and lead HCC workshops.

HCC’s Advisory Board Includes:

Charles Alexander, Ph.D, Vice Provost, University of California, Los Angeles

Adimika Arthur, MPH, Administrative Director, Pain Management Center & Service Line Leader of Pain Management, UCSF Medical Center

Kevin Barnett, Dr. PH, MCRP, Senior Investigator, Public Health Institute

Michael Bird, Consultant, Albuquerque, NM

Marlyn Delva, Associate Dean of Students, Columbia School of Public Health

Hector Flores, MD, Director, White Memorial Medical Residency Program, Los Angeles

Katherine Flores, MD, Director, Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, University of California San Francisco, Fresno

Ronald Garcia, Ph.D, Assistant Dean, Minority Affairs, Stanford School of Medicine

Jocelyn Garrick, MD, Vice President, Mentoring in Medicine, Oakland, CA

Fred Hobby, President, Institute for Diversity In Management, Chicago, IL

Lynne Holden, MD, President, Mentoring in Medicine, NY

Kathy Kwan, MBA, MPH,  President, Eustace-Kwan Family Foundation

Margaret Lapiz, MBA, MPH Vice President and Board Member, The Permanente Medical Group

Linda Lombardi, Ph.D, Senior Vice President of Operations, Bellevue Hospital, NY

Tomas Magana, MD, Director, Faces for the Future, Children’s Hospital Oakland

Wanda McClain, MPP, Executive Director, Center for Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Paul Meissner, MSPH, Director, Research Program Development, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Allen Miller, President, COPE Health Solutions, Los Angeles, CA

Ike Mmeje, MHA, Alta Bates-Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA

Barry Rothman, Ph. D, Professor, Director, Post Baccalaureate Program, San Francisco State University

Edgar Quiroz, MPH, Kaiser Permanente National Diversity

Fred Rosenzweig, Co-President, Electronics for Imaging

Dr. Raul Ruiz, Eisenhower Medical Center, Palm Springs

Melissa Schoen, MBA, MPH, Sr. Program Officer, The California HealthCare Foundation

Ignatius Bau, Consultant, San Francisco, CA

Sheila Thornton, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership

Nancy Turnbull, MBA, Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, Harvard School of Public Health

Catherine West, MPA, Gilead Pharmaceuticals

Lucien Wulsin, J.D., Executive Director, Insure the Uninsured Project, Los Angeles, CA

John Yuasa, J.D., Health Consultant, Oakland, CA