Our Team
La Mesa
Board of Directors
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Ali M. Thomas, MD, MPH
he/him/his
Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Tacoma
Medical Director for the Healthcare Career Pathways program at Kaiser Permanente of Washington
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Naomi Marilyn Bender, Ph.D., MA
she/her
Director of Tribal Relations, Spokane Colleges
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Sherry Williams
she/her/hers
Executive Director of Operations
Technology Access Foundation (TAF)
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Nora Coronado
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Cora Wyche
she/her
Workforce Pathways Program Manager, Regional Belonging and Unity Facilitator, Community Health Pacific Northwest Region
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Cailey Sanchez-Collado
she/her
Strategy Consultant
MPH Student - University of Washington, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Administrative Intern
Advisory Committee
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Kristen Yip, MAT
[KRIST] + [UHN]
she/her/hers/they
Education Program Manager
Blue Origin's Club for the Future
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Paulette Lopez, Ed.D.
she/her/ella
Interim Dean for Workforce Education and Transitions
Grays Harbor College
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Johnny Buck
UX Designer
Tubman Center for Health and Freedom
Board Treasurer, BIPOC Health Careers Ecosystem
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David H. Garcia, M.Ed
Associate Dean for Community, Health Equity, and Belonging
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University[Dah-beed]
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Jadrien Gonzalez
[jay-dree-in]
he/him
Research Coordinator for Bias Reduction in Content Curriculum
Ecosystem Student Advocate 2023-24
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Osman Salahuddin, BS
[Ohs-MAHN Sah-lah-hood-dean]
he/him/his
Communications and Community Engagement Manager
King County Council, District 3
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Douglass L. Jackson, DMD, MS, PhD
he/him/his
Associate Dean for EDI, School of Dentistry
Clinical Professor, Oral Health Sciences
University of Washington
Staff
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TBD
Ecosystem Strategy Intern Cohort 2023
February - September 2023
Daniela Nicole Ekedede
Emily Gong
Jadrien Gonzalez
Nathan Buck
Isabella Camarillo
