2019 AWARDEES
SILVER ANNIVERSARY AWARD
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The California Endowment
(accepted by Dr. Robert Ross, CEO) Recognized for their role in advancing the health center movement over the last 25 years.
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The California Endowment’s mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
"We don’t focus on prescriptions. We focus on fixing broken systems and outdated polities, ensuring the balance of power is with the people. We don’t focus on the individual, we focus on the larger community as an ecosystem of health. We work with citizens and elected leaders to find lasting solutions to impact the most people we possibly can. The goal is simple: First, change the way people view health – from the notion that health happens in the doctor’s office to a belief that health happens where you live, work, learn, and play. We call this “narrative change.” Second, integrate smart solutions in communities across the state. We do this by working with our partners and grantees to fundamentally change “the rules” – laws, policies, and systems – that impede health in our communities. Building Healthy Communities is our 10-year $1 billion-funded initiative that aims to bring health to where we live, learn, work, and play. We’re changing the narrative around health to ensure health and justice for all."
TCE was endowed with the funds and the mandate to ensure health and justice for all. The 17-person Board and its committees help decide the Endowment’s grant-making priorities.
"We don’t focus on prescriptions. We focus on fixing broken systems and outdated polities, ensuring the balance of power is with the people. We don’t focus on the individual, we focus on the larger community as an ecosystem of health. We work with citizens and elected leaders to find lasting solutions to impact the most people we possibly can. The goal is simple: First, change the way people view health – from the notion that health happens in the doctor’s office to a belief that health happens where you live, work, learn, and play. We call this “narrative change.” Second, integrate smart solutions in communities across the state. We do this by working with our partners and grantees to fundamentally change “the rules” – laws, policies, and systems – that impede health in our communities. Building Healthy Communities is our 10-year $1 billion-funded initiative that aims to bring health to where we live, learn, work, and play. We’re changing the narrative around health to ensure health and justice for all."
TCE was endowed with the funds and the mandate to ensure health and justice for all. The 17-person Board and its committees help decide the Endowment’s grant-making priorities.
CLINIC LEGACY AWARDS
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Marty Lynch
CEO, LifeLong Medical Care Recognized for his distinguished career and dedication to community healthcare.
Marty Lynch, PhD, is the Executive Director/CEO. He has been the Director of LifeLong Medical Care and the Over 60 Health Center since 1982, and a non-profit administrator for more than 30 years. Dr. Lynch co-founded the Elderly Sub-Committee of the National Association of Community Health Centers and is past Chair of the California Primary Care Association. He recently served on the state task force to examine policy changes necessary for the integration of primary care and mental health services and worked to develop a California plan for Alzheimer’s disease. |
Dr. Lynch received his Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco, and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
In addition to health administration, Dr. Lynch is involved in public policy and research activities related to health access for the uninsured, long-term care models, chronic care, and financing care for disabled populations. Dr. Lynch also is a Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.
In addition to health administration, Dr. Lynch is involved in public policy and research activities related to health access for the uninsured, long-term care models, chronic care, and financing care for disabled populations. Dr. Lynch also is a Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Dave Jones
CEO, Mountain Valleys Health Center Recognized for his distinguished career and dedication to community healthcare.
Dave has served as CEO of what is now Mountain Valleys Health Centers since 1987. He was originally hired by Big Valley Medical Services, Inc. in Bieber. Big Valley merged with the Butte Valley/Tulelake Rural Health Project in 2001 when it changed its name to Mountain Valleys Health Centers. The private practice group known as Intermountain Family Practice was added in 2002. 2018 saw the addition of a site in Mt. Shasta and one in Weed bringing the corporation to a total of 8 sites. In most areas it is the only provider of primary care covering an area of about 7,000 square miles in northeastern California. |
Prior to accepting this position, Dave served for 20 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. He grew up in the Yakima Valley of Washington State as a farmworker, so has a “soft spot” in his heart for those hardworking individuals who don’t get paid much and often are uninsured.
Dave stays active in health care related issues locally and throughout the state. He is a two time president and founding board member of both the California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA) and the Health Alliance of Northern California. Dave also is a commissioner for Partnership Health Plan (California’s Medi-Cal managed care plan) and is a member of the Siskiyou Health Collaborative and the Shasta Health Assessment and Redesign Collaborative.
Dave stays active in health care related issues locally and throughout the state. He is a two time president and founding board member of both the California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA) and the Health Alliance of Northern California. Dave also is a commissioner for Partnership Health Plan (California’s Medi-Cal managed care plan) and is a member of the Siskiyou Health Collaborative and the Shasta Health Assessment and Redesign Collaborative.
CPCA LEGACY AWARD
For her distinguished career and 21 years of service to the organization.
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Sandy Birkman
CPCA Vice President of Finance Sandy Birkman joined CPCA in 1998 and has over forty (40) years of fiscal and organizational management experience with governmental agencies and nonprofits. Prior to CPCA, she worked with the City of Yuma, the County of Imperial, Imperial County Private Industry Council and Imperial County Work Training Center where she was Executive Director. |
She holds a BA in Business from California State University, Sacramento and an MBA from United States International University. She is also a Certified Association Executive (CAE) with the American Society of Association Executives and is active with the California Society of Association Executives. Much of her free time is taken up by family activities including her four wonderful grandchildren. Sandy will be retiring in spring 2020.
HERO AWARDS
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Essential Access Health
(accepted by Julie Rabinovitz, CEO) Recognized for their role in helping to preserve the National Title X Program.
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Essential Access Health, the nation’s largest Title X family planning grantee, achieves its mission through an umbrella of programs and services including clinic support initiatives, advanced clinical research, and provider training. Essential Access Health, formerly California Family Health Council (CFHC), was originally incorporated in 1968. They have also led the charge to file a lawsuit to challenge to block the Trump Administration’s new Title X regulations from taking effect.
As the administrator of California’s Title X (ten) federal family planning program – the nations’ largest and most diverse Title X system - Essential Access Health supports the delivery of core family planning and related preventive health services for 1,000,000 low-income patients in over 20 California counties. Essential Access Health’s robust Title X provider network includes federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), city and county health departments, universities, hospitals, stand-alone family planning health centers, and Urban Indian health centers.
As the administrator of California’s Title X (ten) federal family planning program – the nations’ largest and most diverse Title X system - Essential Access Health supports the delivery of core family planning and related preventive health services for 1,000,000 low-income patients in over 20 California counties. Essential Access Health’s robust Title X provider network includes federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), city and county health departments, universities, hospitals, stand-alone family planning health centers, and Urban Indian health centers.
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Jim Macrae,
Bureau of Primary Health Care (accepted by Angela Powell, Director, BPHC Office of Southern Health) Recognized for being an outstanding steward of the National Health Center Program.
As head of the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Macrae manages a $5 billion budget that supports nearly 1,400 health centers which operate approximately 12,000 service delivery sites in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin. Serving more than 28 million people nationwide, these centers provide cost-effective, comprehensive, and patient-centered care, coordinating a wide range of medical, dental, behavioral, and patient services. |
Macrae also served as Acting Administrator for HRSA from April 2015 to April 2017, where he oversaw more than 90 programs that provide health services to tens of millions of people, including people living with HIV/AIDS, pregnant women, mothers and families, and those otherwise unable to access quality health care.
Prior to his years in BPHC, Macrae served as Associate Administrator for HRSA's Office of Performance Review (OPR) from 2000 to 2006, where he oversaw the work of staff in regional divisions across the country. OPR was previously the agency's focal point for reviewing and improving the performance of HRSA-supported programs in states and communities.
Macrae also served in several capacities at BPHC from 1992 to 2000. As the bureau's director of the Office of State and National Partnerships, he worked with national and state associations across the country to increase access, reduce disparities in health outcomes, and improve the delivery of health services to underserved populations.