SPEAKER LINEUP

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Opening Remarks

Carmela Castellano-Garcia

California Primary Care Association

Dr. Kimberly Chang

Asian Health Services

Opening Session

Closing Session

Naomi Fuchs

Santa Rosa​ Community Health Center

Sara Rosenbaum

Milken Institute School of Public Health,
​George Washington University

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

Immigration: Advocating Against Public Charge - How to Engage your Health Center

Gabrielle Lessard

Senior Policy Attorney,
​National Immigration Law Center

Elizabeth Oseguera

Senior Policy Analyst, CPCA

Thu Quach, PhD

Chief Deputy of Administration, Programs,
​Asian Health Services

Cross Sector Collaborations to Address the Opioid Crisis

Jonathan Ciampi

Chief Executive Officer,
​Bright Heart Health

Ako Jacintho, MD

Director of Addiction Medicine,
​HealthRIGHT 360

Gloria Miele, PhD

Learning Collaborative Coordinator,
​UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Multisector Upstream Approaches to Improving Community Health

Alexandra Chan

Associate Director Advisory Services,
Nonprofit Finance Fund

Naomi Fuchs, MBA

Chief Executive Officer,
​Santa Rosa Community Health Centers

Kathleen Lang

Vice President,
​California Health & Wellness

Carolyn Wang Kong, MPH, MPP

Senior Program Officer,
​Blue Shield of California Foundation

Talk Data To Me: Translating Data to Accelerate Impact

Heather Budd

Vice President of Clinical Transformation,
​Azara Healthcare

Brent Copen, MPA

CFO and EVP of Business Development,
​Tiburcio Vásquez Center, Inc. 

Ellen Piernot, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer,
Golden Valley Health Centers

Perspectives from the Health Delivery System in California

William Barcellona, JD

Senior Vice President for Government Affairs,
America's Physician Groups

Briana Lierman

Chief Executive Officer,
Local Health Plans of California 

Erica Murray

President and CEO,
​​California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

Lisa Ward, MD, MsPH, MS, FAAFP

President of the Board,
​​California Academy of Family Physicians

Technology Models to Enable Community Based Whole Person Care

Alfonso Apu

Director of Behavioral Health,
​Community Medical Centers, Inc., San Joaquin County WPC

Keira Armstrong, MPH

Senior Consultant,
Intrepid Ascent

Elizabeth Hernandez, MS

Health Planner and Evaluator.
​Community Connect, Contra Costa County WPC

Mark Shotwell

Executive Director and Senior Director of Housing Services and Whole Person Care, Ritter Center FQHC, Marin County WPC

Scaling Health Center Capacity through Innovative Business Transactions

Gabriel Garcia, JD, LLM

Principal,
Garcia Law Corporation, PC

Laura Marcus, MPH, MBA

Chief Executive Officer,
​Dientes Community Dental Care

Leslie Conner, MPH

Executive Director,
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers

Elizabeth Nahas Wilson

Director of Housing Development,
​MidPen Housing Corporation

Strategies to Address Recruitment and Increase Retention at Health Centers

Lisa Fisher, MSW

Senior Director of Member Services,
​Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County

Danielle Gonzalez

Human Resources Director,
East Valley Community Health Center

Joe Lee, MSHA

Workforce Development Strategist, 
Alameda Health Consortium

Suzanne Speer, AASPR

Director, Workforce Development,
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved

Policy Hot Topics

Beth Malinowski, MPH

Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, CPCA

Andie Patterson, MPP

Director of Government Affairs, CPCA

CLINICAL & CARE INNOVATIONS MINI-SESSIONS

Disability Actionable Competencies

Brenda Premo
Director,
​Harris Family Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions

Integrated Models to Support an Aging Population

Candace Robinson, MS
Director of Strategic Aging Initiatives,
​Capital Impact Partners

​Marty Lynch, PhD
Chief Executive Officer,
LifeLong Medical Center

Leveraging FQHC-WIC Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health

Michelle Gonzalez, MPA
Chief Strategy and Development Officer,
​North County Health Services

​Erin Garcia, MAS, RD, IBCLC
​​Director of Patient Education & Programs,
​Community Medical Centers
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​Mary Sammer, MS, RD
​​VP Nutrition Services,
​North County Health Services 

Taking a Life Course Approach in Pediatrics:
​From Cradle to Career

Leslie Conner, MPH
Executive Director,
​Santa Cruz Community Health Centers

Allison Guevara, MSOD
Social Impact Consultant,
​Allison Guevara & Associates

Health Centers: Hubs of Community Health

William O'Brien, MBA, MA

Chief Lending Officer,
​Primary Care Development Corporation

Luisa Buada, RN, BSN, MPH

Chief Executive Officer,
Ravenswood Family Health Centers

Dean Germano, MHSc, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer,
​Shasta Community Health Center

Leadership Sustainability: The Next Era of Leadership Development

Rakesh Patel, MD

Chief Executive Officer,
​Neighborhood Healthcare

David B. Vliet, MBA

Chief Executive Officer,
​Tiburcio Vásquez Health Center, Inc.

Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP

Director,
Healthforce Center at UCSF

Insights for Strategically Engaging with Public Medi-Cal Health Plans

Jennifer Sayles, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer,
Inland Empire Health Plan

Richard Seidman, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer,
LA Care Health Plan

Adam Sharma, MPA

Director of Health Outcomes Improvement,
San Francisco Health Plan

Making eHealth Relevant: The Case for Dental Integration

David Ford

Executive Director,
​CalHIPSO

Sean Folweiler

Chief Information Officer,
​Valley Health Team

Lisa Israel, MBA, CPHQ, CPHIMS, PCMH CCE

QA/QI Director,
Alliance Medical Center

Christy Ward

Chief Executive Officer,
One Community Health

The Opportunity of PACE as a Model of Care within the Community Health Center Setting

Kevin Mattson

President and CEO,
​​San Ysidro Health

Peter Hansel, MBA

Chief Executive Officer,
​CalPACE

Joseph Billingsley

Branch Chief,
CA Department of Health Care Services

Human-Centered Design: Hogwash or the Holy Grail?

Sarah Kerr

Regional Director,
Open Door Community Health Centers

Laura Blumenthal, MPA

Program Manager, Innovation,
Center for Care Innovations

Christine Park, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer,
Northeast Valley Health Corporation