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