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CACHW Board 2024
Monique Allen CHW
Lucia Gonzales Cloud CHW
Lucia Gonzales Cloud CHW
Board Position: President
Membership: CHW
Culture: African American
Job: Envision Equity
Interest: Community of Practice, Education and Training, Workforce Development
Region: Victorville, CA
Lucia Gonzales Cloud CHW
Lucia Gonzales Cloud CHW
Lucia Gonzales Cloud CHW
Board Position: Vice President
Membership: CHW
Culture: Peruvian
Job: Loma Linda Health
Interest: Research, Professional Development< Education and Training
Region: Inland Empire, CA
Darouny Somsanith CHW
Lucia Gonzales Cloud CHW
Darouny Somsanith CHW
Board Position: Secretary
Membership: CHW
Culture: Laotian
Job: City College of San Francisco
Faculty Coordinator
CHW Program Director
Interest: Education and Training, Workforce Development
Region: San Francisco, CA
Silvia Ortega CHW
Silvia Ortega CHW
Darouny Somsanith CHW
Board Position: Treasurer
Membership: CHW
Culture: Mexicana
Job: Envision Equity
Interest: Sustainable funding, Professional Development
Region: Riverside, CA
Felipe Flores CHW
Silvia Ortega CHW
Felipe Flores CHW
Board Position: Membership
Membership: CHW
Culture: Latino, LGBTQ+
Job: Director of CHW/P Programs, San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium (SFCCC)
Interest: Membership support, Sustainable funding, Professional Development
Region: San Francisco, CA
Implementation Teams and Special Interest Groups (SPIGS)
CHW Organizational Development
CHW Professional Development
Career and leadership development opportunities for CHWs
- Mentors
- Core Skills
- Specialization
- Continuing education
- Webinars
- Conferences
- Internships
- Employment
CHW Policy
Track existing legislation for impact on CHW workforce.
Facilitate discussions on new legislative initiatives and opportunities for action.
Linkages with other organizations discussion CHW related policy
- CPEHN CHW Policy Coalition
- National CHW Policy Coalition
Are you interested in joining the National CHW Policy Working Group, please fill out this form to join the listserv.
If you’re having issues joining the Google Group (listserv) or Google Drive, please ping Ali in the chat or at abloomgarden@pih.org
"Nothing about us without us"
CHW Workforce Development, Education and Employment
CHW Workforce Development, Education and Employment
- Supporting best practices
- Integration
- Recruitment
- Retention
- Supervision
- Braided funding
- Billing
- Salaries
- Job Security
- Benefits
Sustainable Funding for CHW Workforce
CHW Workforce Development, Education and Employment
CHW Research and Evaluation +Journal Club
Track innovative opportunities for funding CHW workforce
- Braided funding
- Public private partnership
- CHW Medi-Cal Benefit
- CalAIM ECM and Community Supports
- Philanthropy
- Grants
- Community Hubs
- COOPs
- Other....
CHW Research and Evaluation +Journal Club
CHW Workforce Development, Education and Employment
CHW Research and Evaluation +Journal Club
Integrating CHWs into every step of research.
"Exploring identity, belonging and community organizing of Community Health Workers in California"
Updates on new CHW research.
Linkage to CHW Common Indicators
"Nothing about us without us"
Event Planning
Listening Circles
Webinars
Guest speakers
Panel discussions
CHW Summit
Conferences
Outreach
- Outreach to new members and building partner relationships.
- Supporting local networks alliances and coalitions
- Regional Ambassadors
Communication, Newsletter, Website and Social Media
Communication, Newsletter, Website and Social Media
- CHW~LINK Newsletter Subscribe
- Facebook : CACHW
- CACHW YouTube Channel
- Blog
Founding Community of Practice Members
Carol West CHW, PSS BSc OT, MBBCH
Carol West CHW, PSS BSc OT, MBBCH
Carol West CHW, PSS BSc OT, MBBCH
Membership: CHW
Languages: English (Spanish, Afrikaans)
Cultural Heritage: South African, Scottish, USA
Job: Volunteer interim executive director CACHW
Website
CACHW~LINK Newsletter
Interest: Policy, Advocacy, Workforce Development
Affiliations:
- NACHW
- APHA CHW Section
- CCSF
Region: Sonoma County, CA
Kay Strawder JD, MSW
Carol West CHW, PSS BSc OT, MBBCH
Carol West CHW, PSS BSc OT, MBBCH
Membership: Ally
Languages: English
Cultural Heritage: African American
Job: Senior Pubic Health Advisor, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Region 9
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, (OASH)
Interest: Policy, Advocacy
Affiliations: NACHW
Region: HHS Region 9, San Francisco, CA
Lily Lee DrPH, MPH
Carol West CHW, PSS BSc OT, MBBCH
Lily Lee DrPH, MPH
Membership: Ally
Job: Loma Linda University Health Director, San Manuel Gateway College; Director, Promotores Academy,
Assistant Research Professor, School of Behavioral Health
Interest: Workforce development, Policy, Advocacy
Affiliations: NACHW Board
Region: San Bernardino, CA
Cindy Selmi BSc
Camille Johnson-Arthur PhD(c) MPH, CHES
Lily Lee DrPH, MPH
Membership:
Job: Executive Director
Affiliation: Health Outreach Partners, Planned Parenthood, Kaiser Permanente, HIV Educator, UCSF Healthforce
Culture:
Interests: Outreach, Health Education,
Location: San Francisco, Bay Area
Margarita Holguin CHW,MPA
Camille Johnson-Arthur PhD(c) MPH, CHES
Camille Johnson-Arthur PhD(c) MPH, CHES
Membership: CHW
Job: Co-Chair San Diego County Promotores Coalition (SDCPC)
Founder and President, Consulting Solutions, LLC
Interest: Training, Policy
Affiliations:
Region: San Diego, CA
Camille Johnson-Arthur PhD(c) MPH, CHES
Camille Johnson-Arthur PhD(c) MPH, CHES
Camille Johnson-Arthur PhD(c) MPH, CHES
Membership: Ally
Job: Public Health Institute; Sacramento Community College CHW program
Interest: Workforce development,
Region: Sacramento, CA
Agnes Hajek CHW, LCSW
Alexander Fajardo MCP, CFC
Alexander Fajardo MCP, CFC
Membership: CHW
Languages: Tagalog
Cultural Heritage: Filipino
Job: Social Worker
Interest: Health Workforce development,
Affiliations: Somali Family Services
Region: San Diego, Nevada
Alexander Fajardo MCP, CFC
Alexander Fajardo MCP, CFC
Alexander Fajardo MCP, CFC
Membership: Ally
Languages: Spanish, English
Cultural Heritage:
Job: El Sol Neighborhood Education Center Executive Director
Promotores Academy in partnership with Loma Linda University Health
Interest: Training, Policy, Advocacy
Affiliations: CBWA, NACHW,
Region: San Bernardino, CA
Brendaly Rodriguez MA, CPH
Alexander Fajardo MCP, CFC
Brendaly Rodriguez MA, CPH
Membership: Ally
Job: Chula Vista Community Collaborative
Executive Director
Adelante Promotores Conference
Florida CHW Coalition Cofounder
Region: San Diego, CA
Affiliation: SDCPC, PCORI, Florida CHW Collaborative
- CHW role in research
Rodney Black BA
Chely (Alma) Romero CHW
Brendaly Rodriguez MA, CPH
Membership: Ally
Job: Valley High School Health TECH Academy Coordinator and Community Health Worker Training Program Instructor
Bachelors degree in criminal justice
Interest: Training and workforce development
Affiliation: Peace Corp, Sowing Seeds Health
Region: Sacramento, CA
Chely (Alma) Romero CHW
Chely (Alma) Romero CHW
Chely (Alma) Romero CHW
Membership: CHW, Promotora
Cultural Heritage: Latina
Job: Founder and Executive Director Alma Consulting Services,
Promotores Con Alma
Interest: Workforce Development, Training
Region: Kern County
Edgar Aguilar CHW
Chely (Alma) Romero CHW
Chely (Alma) Romero CHW
Membership: CHW, Promotor
Pronouns: He him
Languages: Spanish, English
Cultural Heritage:
Job: Managing Director Alma Consulting Services
Interest: Workforce Development, Training
Affiliations:
Region: Bakersfield, California,
founding members ( continued )
Cameron Salehi MPH
Cameron Salehi MPH
Cameron Salehi MPH
Membership: Ally
Languages: English,
Culture:
Interests: Organizational development, Communications, Policy and Advocacy, Public Health
Region: Los Angeles; Berkeley
Francis Montgomery
Cameron Salehi MPH
Cameron Salehi MPH
Membership: CHW
Language: English
Culture:
Affiliation: CCSF, BTP
Interests: Professional Development, Outreach, Mentoring, Peer Support
Region: San Francisco
Karissa Moreno CHW
Cameron Salehi MPH
Karissa Moreno CHW
Membership: CHW
Job: Executive Director
Affiliation: Center for Wellbeing
Culture: English, Spanish
Interests: Education and training, Workforce development
Location: Sonoma County
Ellen Barnett MD
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Karissa Moreno CHW
Membership: Ally
Languages: English
Culture:
Job: Director of Program Development and Outreach. Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation
Interest: Advocacy, Policy
Affiliations: Previously cofounder and teacher of Patient Navigation certificate program at Sonoma State University. Retired MD who was the curriculum director of the Santa Rosa Famil
Membership: Ally
Languages: English
Culture:
Job: Director of Program Development and Outreach. Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation
Interest: Advocacy, Policy
Affiliations: Previously cofounder and teacher of Patient Navigation certificate program at Sonoma State University. Retired MD who was the curriculum director of the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency for many years.
Region: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Membership: CHW
Language: English
Culture:
Interests: Homeless, CHW Curriculum Development
Region: Los Angeles
Raye Narra
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Membership: CHW
Language: English
Culture:
Affiliation: CCSF
Interests: Professional development
Region: San Francisco
Lorena Carmona CHW
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Andrew Ciscel CHW,PSS
Membership: CHW
Language: English, Spanish
Culture:
Job: CHW
Interests: Organizational Development, Workforce development, Technology
Affiliations: CCSF, Roots, Gaja
Location: Bay Area
Andrew Ciscel CHW,PSS
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Andrew Ciscel CHW,PSS
Membership: CHW, PSS, Navigator
Language: English
Affiliations: City College of San Francisco
Job: Health Education Program Manager
LINK Center
LGBTQ+ Support
Families With a Future
Interests:
Region: San Francisco
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Membership: Ally
Job: Founder
Affiliation: Comfort Homesake
Languages:
Culture:
Interests: In home health support, end of life care, advanced health planning
Location: Bay area
Monique Culvier
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Membership: Ally
Languages: English
Affiliation: Talance
Job: President and Co-Founder of Talance - Building Healthy Communities Through E-learning Talance builds healthy communities through e-learning.
Interests: Learning and Technology Leader, Advisor
Region: Sacramento, CA
Massoud Agahi MD
Membership: Ally
Languages: English, Farsi
Cultural Heritage: Iran
Job: Vascular Surgeon
Interest: Workforce develoment, Advocacy, Policy SDOH
Affiliations:
Region: Southern CA
Melba Melba Rosa Hinojosa, RN, MA, PHN
Affiliation: CDPH
Job: California Department of Public Health, Chronic Disease Control Branch
Region: CA
founding members ( continued )
Cameron Salehi MPH
Cameron Salehi MPH
Cameron Salehi MPH
Membership: Ally
Languages: English,
Culture:
Interests: Organizational development, Communications, Policy and Advocacy, Public Health
Region: Los Angeles; Berkeley
Francis Montgomery
Cameron Salehi MPH
Cameron Salehi MPH
Membership: CHW
Language: English
Culture:
Affiliation: CCSF, BTP
Interests: Professional Development, Outreach, Mentoring, Peer Support
Region: San Francisco
Karissa Moreno CHW
Cameron Salehi MPH
Karissa Moreno CHW
Membership: CHW
Job: Executive Director
Affiliation: Center for Wellbeing
Culture: English, Spanish
Interests: Education and training, Workforce development
Location: Sonoma County
Ellen Barnett MD
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Karissa Moreno CHW
Membership: Ally
Languages: English
Culture:
Job: Director of Program Development and Outreach. Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation
Interest: Advocacy, Policy
Affiliations: Previously cofounder and teacher of Patient Navigation certificate program at Sonoma State University. Retired MD who was the curriculum director of the Santa Rosa Famil
Membership: Ally
Languages: English
Culture:
Job: Director of Program Development and Outreach. Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation
Interest: Advocacy, Policy
Affiliations: Previously cofounder and teacher of Patient Navigation certificate program at Sonoma State University. Retired MD who was the curriculum director of the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency for many years.
Region: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Membership: CHW
Language: English
Culture:
Interests: Homeless, CHW Curriculum Development
Region: Los Angeles
Raye Narra
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Sandy Kiley CHW, MPH,
Membership: CHW
Language: English
Culture:
Affiliation: CCSF
Interests: Professional development
Region: San Francisco
Lorena Carmona CHW
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Andrew Ciscel CHW,PSS
Membership: CHW
Language: English, Spanish
Culture:
Job: CHW
Interests: Organizational Development, Workforce development, Technology
Affiliations: CCSF, Roots, Gaja
Location: Bay Area
Andrew Ciscel CHW,PSS
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Andrew Ciscel CHW,PSS
Membership: CHW, PSS, Navigator
Language: English
Affiliations: City College of San Francisco
Job: Health Education Program Manager
LINK Center
LGBTQ+ Support
Families With a Future
Interests:
Region: San Francisco
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Membership: Ally
Job: Founder
Affiliation: Comfort Homesake
Languages:
Culture:
Interests: In home health support, end of life care, advanced health planning
Location: Bay area
Monique Culvier
Marilyn Ababio BA, MPA
Membership: Ally
Languages: English
Affiliation: Talance
Job: President and Co-Founder of Talance - Building Healthy Communities Through E-learning Talance builds healthy communities through e-learning.
Interests: Learning and Technology Leader, Advisor
Region: Sacramento, CA
Massoud Agahi MD
Membership: Ally
Languages: English, Farsi
Cultural Heritage: Iran
Job: Vascular Surgeon
Interest: Workforce develoment, Advocacy, Policy SDOH
Affiliations:
Region: Southern CA
Melba Melba Rosa Hinojosa, RN, MA, PHN
Affiliation: CDPH
Job: California Department of Public Health, Chronic Disease Control Branch
Region: CA
Organizational development Advisors
Carlina Hansen
Denise Octavia Smith MBA, CHW, PN,
Denise Octavia Smith MBA, CHW, PN,
Affiliation: California Health Care Foundation
Job: Senior Program Officer on the Improving Access Team at the California Health Care Foundation,
Lead for CHW/CMS reports
Health workforce development, Funding mechanisms
- State Policy Coalition:
Community Health Worker and Promotor Policy Coalition Development — Call for Letters of Intent (PDF)
- 4x regional CHW collaborative coalitions
Denise Octavia Smith MBA, CHW, PN,
Denise Octavia Smith MBA, CHW, PN,
Denise Octavia Smith MBA, CHW, PN,
Aurora GrantWingate
Denise Octavia Smith MBA, CHW, PN,
Aurora GrantWingate
Affiliation: NACHW
Membership and Partner Engagement Coordinator
Aurora GrantWingate joined HRiA in 2020 as the Member & Partner Engagement Coordinator for the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW). In her position, she coordinates NACHW’s strategic partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine’s National COVID-19 Resiliency Network (NCRN) and assists with other projects concerning equity in COVID-19 care and vaccine distribution.
Research Advisors and Facilitators
Caroline Murtagh CHW ,Medical Student
Caroline Murtagh CHW ,Medical Student
Caroline Murtagh CHW ,Medical Student
"Exploring identity, belonging and community organizing of Community Health Workers in California"
Affiliation: Stanford Research Team
- Lead Investigator
- CHW Listening Tour
- CHW Facilitator Training
- Virtual Summit
Jennifer Newberry MD, JD
Caroline Murtagh CHW ,Medical Student
Caroline Murtagh CHW ,Medical Student
"Exploring identity, belonging and community organizing of Community Health Workers in California"
Stanford Research Team Advisor
Dr. Jennifer A. Newberry is a Associate Professor at Stanford University. She earned her law degree and medical degree from the University of Chicago. After graduating from residency at Stanford, she completed a fellowship in Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health. Dr. Newberry’s interest in social justice and popluation health led to her work in global health, gender-based violence, and emergency medicine. . Dr. Newberry’s current research seeks to understand how to strengthen crisis support systems s for women experiencing gender-based violence and/or other medical emergencies.
Michelle Gimenez, MA
Caroline Murtagh CHW ,Medical Student
Alexandra Quinn CHW, BA, MA
"Exploring identity, belonging and community organizing of Community Health Workers in California"
Affiliation: Stanford Research Advisor
Michelle Gimenez, MA, is a Social Science Researcher for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Her multidisciplinary research experience includes centering intersectionality qualitative research practices in the subject matters of public health, intimate partner violence, and mental health help-seeking. Her current research focus on community-based participatory research, raising awareness of intimate partner violence within under-resourced communities, and investing the ways to increase mental health service use and connection amongst the Latinx community.
Alexandra Quinn CHW, BA, MA
Alexandra Quinn CHW, BA, MA
Alexandra Quinn CHW, BA, MA
"Exploring identity, belonging and community organizing of Community Health Workers in California"
Affiliation: Health Leads
Job: Chief Executive Officer
Funding: $5000 for paying facilitators and stipends for listening circle /forum attendees.
Alexandra has spent two decades in the non-profit and governmental sectors working on issues of equity, justice, education, and health. Prior to becoming CEO, she held several executive positions at Health Leads and had the opportunity to work closely with health care systems, local public health and community partners from across the country. Before Health Leads, Alexandra was the Vice President of Program at Peer Forward, a national nonprofit focused on equitable access to education and career pathways. Alexandra started her career in the federal government lastly as the Director of Scheduling for the Attorney General at the Department of Justice. She was a W.K. Kellogg Community Leadership Network Fellow focused on racial equity, racial healing, and leadership and was named to the “Care100 list” as one of the most influential people in care in 2020. Alexandra was born and raised in New York City, spent her summers in rural Texas and now calls Oakland, CA home where she lives with her two kids, two rescue huskies and her partner. She holds a B.A. from Smith College, an M.A. from Georgetown University, and a Community Health Worker Certification from City College San Francisco.
Monique Allen CHW
Alexandra Quinn CHW, BA, MA
Barbara Lugo CHW/Promatora
Region: Inland Empire
Barbara Lugo CHW/Promatora
Alexandra Quinn CHW, BA, MA
Barbara Lugo CHW/Promatora
Region: San Diego
Estela Venegas Martinez CHW/ Promatora
Estela Venegas Martinez CHW/ Promatora
Estela Venegas Martinez CHW/ Promatora
Region: Sonoma County
Agency: Aliados Health
Job: CHW, Program Coordinator II Population Health and Policy and External Affairs
Bill Sive CHW
Estela Venegas Martinez CHW/ Promatora
Estela Venegas Martinez CHW/ Promatora
Region: Los Angeles
Affiliation: Gay Elder Circle, Mercy College/Futuro
Angelica Nevarez CHW
Estela Venegas Martinez CHW/ Promatora
Felicia Silvas CHW/CHR
Region: San Francisco
Affiliation: CCSF
Felicia Silvas CHW/CHR
Felicia Silvas CHW/CHR
Felicia Silvas CHW/CHR
Region: Tribal
Affiliation: California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB) -Tule River Indian Health Center
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