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Thursday, April 18, 2024

8:15 AM – 4:00 PM

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration, Breakfast and Networking

9:00 AM –  9:30 AM

Welcome 

Health Consortium Greater San Gabriel Valley Leadership

Pollyanna Lee, RN Chief Operating Officer

Hearld Christian Health Center

Health Consortium of Greater San Gabriel Valley Co-Chair

Deborah Silver, Director

Health Consortium of Greater San Gabriel Valley 

Welcome from Southern California Edison

Monica Estrada Nunez, Senior Manager for Community

Engagement, Corporate Communications & Philanthropy

SCE

2024 Summit Host

Community Leader Sponsor

Clifford R. Daniels

Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Integration Officer

USC Arcadia Hospital

Community Leader Sponsor

2024 San Gabriel Valley Health Summit Chair 

Koy S. Parada, PhD(c), MPH

Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Urban and Global Health

Azusa Pacific University, School of Nursing

9:30 AM –  10:00 AM

Keynote 

Elevating Community Health Through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Jose Escobar, RN, MSN, PHN

Regional Health officer, Service Planning Area 3

LA County Department of Public Health

Maura Harrington, MBA, PhD

Consultant

10:15 AM –  11:15 AM

Navigating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Hospital Settings: Opportunities and Challenges

Panel 

Moderator 

James Turkson, PhD, 

Associate Director, DEI Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Pamela Weatherspoon, MBA

Vice President, Enterprise DEI

Huntington Health

Shannon Bradley, MBA

Chief Officer DEI

Keck Medicine of USC

Angela Talton, MBA

System Senior Vice President and 

Chief DEI Officer

City of Hope

11:15 AM –  11:30 AM

Networking, Break, and Resource Tables

11:30 AM –  12:30 PM

Panel

Interprofessional Approaches to Substance Use Disorder Integration in Healthcare

Moderator 

Koy Parada, PhD(c), MPH

Assistant Professor

Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing

Making Connections: What do we mean by Co-Occurring Health Conditions

Rachel Gonzales-Castaneda, PhD, MPH

Professor, Department of Psychology

Azusa Pacific University

Lynda Reed, RN, FNP-C, DN

Associate Professor, Associate Dean in School of Nursing

Azusa Pacific University

Breaking the Chains: Empowering Women In Recovery

Maribel Gonzales, LMFT

Program Director

Casa Treatment Center

Jami Grenham

Outpatient Coordinator

Casa Treatment Center

12:30 PM – 1:10 PM

Lunch

1:10 PM – 2:15 PM

Lunch Session

Health and Behavioral Health Workforce in the San Gabriel Valley

Welcome & Overview of the Healthcare Sector in the SGV

Luis Portillo

Chief Executive Officer

San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership

Best Practices in Recruitment & Retention

Amy Foell, MAT

Workforce Development Consultant

San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership

Angela Bernacki

Chief People Officer

Emanate Health

Diana Lupercio

Director of Short-Term Vocational programs

Mt. San Antonio College

Overview of L.A. County Department of Economic Opportunity

Amy Jessica Ku Kim

Chief Deputy

County Department of Economic Opportunity

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM

Networking / Break

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Concurrent Workshops

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Reflections, Closing Remarks and Evaluation

Koy S. Parada, PhD(c), MPH

Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Urban and Global Health

Azusa Pacific University, School of Nursing

2024 San Gabriel Valley Summit Chair

Dan Witzling

Managing Director for DEI

American Cancer Society

Health Consortium of Greater San Gabriel Valley Co-Chair

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