Verne Brizendine joined Aetna in 2019 as the Director of Business Development for Aetna Medicaid.  He leads the spectrum of business development requirements for California.... Read More

Trenae Simpson is the Manager of Grants and Programs at the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, formerly the DentaQuest Foundation. In this role, Trenae... Read More

Denise Campos has over 15 years of professional experience in public affairs, government relations and community engagement. Campos works at SoCalGas, the nation’s largest natural... Read More

Arturo Vargas is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, a national non-profit, non-partisan... Read More

Silvia is one of seven children born to immigrant parents who came to live in Jurupa Valley in 1988. She rose from a humble upbringing... Read More

Erin Mooney was blessed to grow up in the Latino community and around the Farmworker Justice Movement in the Salinas Valley of California, where she... Read More

Xóchitl Castañeda is the Associate Director of Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) at the School of Public Health, University of California (UC) Berkeley. A... Read More

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis. He is the Founding Director of the Center... Read More

With 34 years of experience, Melinda Cordero-Bárzaga has dedicated her career to advancing community health initiatives and amplifying community voices. As a founding member of... Read More

Maria Lemus is the Founder and Executive Director of Visión y Compromiso, the largest promotora-led organization in the country. Founded in 2000, Visión y Compromiso... Read More