CHIOC Leadership

Executive Director
Georgina Maldonado

Director of Programs and Policy
Debra Wood

Board of Directors

Board Chair
Tamara L. Alvarez
Health Care Consultant

Vice Chair/ Secretary
Rita Cruz Gallegos
Founder & Principal Partner
Genesis Consultants, LLC

Treasurer
Alicia Berhow
Director, State Government Affairs
Long Beach, Orange County
Charter Communications

Board Members

Debra Baetz
Retired, Orange County Social Services Agency

Javier Sanchez
Executive Director, Medicare Programs
CalOptima

Cecilia Pham
Audit, Compliance & Operations Executive

Pamela Tahim Thakur
Managing Attorney
Thakur Law Firm, APC

Susie Lopez-Guerra
State Director, CA
National Center on Education and the Economy

Strategic Advisory Team

Dorothy (Dottie) Andrews
Community Leader

Ilia Rolon
Director, Special Projects, Quality
Health Plan of San Joaquin

Pamela Pimentel, RN

Michelle Murphy
Public Affairs Consultant

Cecilia Bustamante-Pixa
Director Community Health Investment
St. Joseph Hospital – Orange

Leah Ersoylu
Ersoylu Consulting

Ronald DiLuigi
Retired, HealthCare Executive

Greg Buchert
Health Care Executive

Letitia Clark
District Director of Public Affairs & Government Relations
South Orange County Community College District

Melinda Beckett-Maines

John Lewis
Regional Director
Able Works

Cheryl Vargo
Community Health Manager
Kaiser Permanente Orange County

John Billimek, Ph. D.
Associate Professor and Vice President of Academic Affairs
UCI

Jocelyn Rubio-Melendrez, MSGc
Director of Collaborative Programs
Alzheimer’s Orange County