Dr. LoGerfo is professor of medicine and health services at the University of Washington and director of the UW Health Promotion Research Center (UW-HPRC). His professional activities have focused on bridging the worlds of clinical medicine and public health, including access to care, technology assessment, quality assessment and improvement, and programs supporting healthy aging. After serving as medical director of Harborview Medical Center for 11 years, he assumed leadership of UW-HPRC, which is one of 28 Prevention Research Centers funded by the CDC. The UW-HPRC has a mission to work with community-based partners to develop sustainable programs to promote healthy aging, and it is the lead center for the CDC's Healthy Aging Research Network. Dr. LoGerfo continues clinical care and teaching responsibilities as a primary care internist at Harborview.

 

Dr. Bozman is professor of marketing at Gonzaga University's School of Business Administration in Spokane, Washington. He brings significant leadership and expertise in marketing management, research methods, business planning, and new product development to his position on the board.

Since joining the faculty at Gonzaga University in 1990, Scott has held a variety of faculty positions including assistant dean and director of graduate programs, acting associate academic vice president, and associate professor of marketing. He currently serves as president of the Faculty Senate and is on the Promotion and Tenure Committee.

Scott is active within numerous community organizations and has provided pro bono consulting services to United Way Spokane, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Washington Department of Ecology, and Idaho Water Resources Board.

Dr. Bozman holds a bachelor's degree in business administration, a master's degree in economics, and a doctorate degree in marketing from Washington State University.

 

Rudy is Multicultural Services Director at Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Seattle, Washington. With a passion for reducing health disparities, he brings a wealth of expertise in the field to his position on C.H.E.F.’s Board.

Rudy is currently involved in several initiatives at Sea Mar Community Health Centers, all with a focus on addressing access to health-care. These include assisting with development of the Washington State Alliance for Healthy Communities of Color, the Consortium for Health Care Access in Pierce and Kitsap Counties, and the Institute for Latinos in the Health Sciences. In addition, after conducting a series of focus groups throughout Washington State to assess the needs among Spanish-speaking communities and those who serve them, Rudy founded the Latino Health Network of Washington State, now known as Latino Health Northwest.

Rudy has participated on several boards and statewide committees, including the Advisory Committee on Mental Health to the Commissioners in Vancouver, Washington, and the Washington State Human Rights Commission. He also serves on the board of Northwest Health Law Advocates.

 

Nancy recently served as Cultural Resource Manager at Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak, Washington. With a lifelong passion for and commitment to eliminating health inequities, she brings significant leadership and expertise in the field to her C.H.E.F. Board position.

Nancy has held a variety of positions at Mid-Valley Hospital since her arrival there in 2000, including Interpreting Program Manager, Cultural Competency Trainer, Grant Writer / Administrator, and Community Outreach and Health Access Coordinator. Previously, Nancy served as Cultural Competency Trainer for Washington State Public Hospitals and Rural Health Care Workers, and she also hosted a weekly radio program focused on Latino health.

Active within numerous community organizations, Nancy has held volunteer leadership positions with Fuerza Latina of Okanogan County and Okanogan County Community Action Counsel. She is also a co-founder of the recently formed Latino Health and Wellness Coalition for Okanogan County, and is a member of the Washington Health Foundation's Health Disparities Advisory.

 

Ricardo is the retired General Manager and one of the founders of Radio KDNA located in Granger, Washington. He helped to shape its development as a minority public radio station that produces quality educational programming for the Spanish speaking population in Washington State. With a focus on reducing health disparities, Radio KDNA's mission is to help communities overcome barriers of literacy, language, discrimination, poverty and illness.

As a leader in his community, Ricardo also serves as Executive Director of Northwest Communities Education Center, which is the licensee for Radio KDNA. Previously, he was Executive Secretary of the Washington State Commission on Mexican-American Affairs, and he was also a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Yakima Valley Community College.

Among his other accomplishments, Ricardo has been recognized with several awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latino Radio Summit in 2002, the ACLU William O. Douglas Community Service Award, and La Voz del Campesino, an award from Washington State's Child Protective Services at its statewide "Diversity Is All of Us" conference.

 

Sheryl is the Executive Director of the American Indian Health Commission (AIHC) for Washington State, a nonprofit organization focused on eliminating the significant health disparities experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives in Washington State.

Sheryl is a Jamestown S'Klallam/Bella Coola Tribal descendant who has been working on behalf of Tribal governments and Indian people for over twenty-five years. Since assuming leadership of AIHC in 2008, she has helped shape and direct its development and growth as a forum for twenty-six tribes and two major Urban Indian Health Organizations to participate in formulating state health policy and having full access to Washington State health programs and funding.

Prior to joining AIHC, Sheryl held several leadership positions in Washington State. In 2007, she was selected to participate in an intensive, year-long National Rural Health Fellows Program to train leaders in creating and articulating a clear and compelling vision for rural America. In 2003, Sheryl convened six local agencies to establish CARE Partnership (Community Advocates for Rural Elders), during which time she was responsible for writing and receiving a five-year, $950,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to fundamentally change the long-term care and aging service delivery system through local collaboration. Earlier in her career, Sheryl served for ten years as the Planning Director for a four-county Area Agency on Aging. Prior to that, she was employed for fourteen years by her own tribe, Jamestown S'Klallam, in a variety of positions. Sheryl received her undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Native American Studies and has been working her Master's degree in Public Administration - Tribal Governance from The Evergreen State College.

 

Paola Maranan is the executive director of the Children's Alliance, an organization she has been involved with, in one role or another, since 1993.

For nine years, Paola served as Public Policy Director at the Children's Alliance. Among her key activities were helping the organization define its public policy priorities, designing and providing advocacy training to groups across the state, and coordinating the organization's efforts to look at and respond specifically to the needs of children and families of color.

After leaving the Alliance to work as Program Manager for the Children's Initiative at United Way of King County, she served on the Alliance's Board of Directors. She returned to the Alliance in 2003 to serve as the organization's Executive Director.

Paola has also worked for the Washington State Family Policy Council and the Washington State Commission on African American Affairs. Prior to returning to Washington, she worked in Alabama in the areas of voting rights and prison reform.

Paola received her BA in Government from Harvard University.

 

Rick Mockler is the Deputy Director of the Snohomish Health District where he has worked for the past 22 years. He is immediate past Chair of the Washington State Association of Local Public Health Officials and is a long-term Board member of the Washington State Public Health Association. In 2003 he was a founder of the Public Health Roundtable, a coalition of organization dedicated to securing a dedicated, sufficient and stable funding source for public health. He continues to serve as Chair of the Public Health Roundtable. Prior to coming to Washington, he served as Business Manager of the Crippled Children’s Division of the Oregon Health Sciences University.

Rick received his BS in Political Science from Oregon State University and his Master of Business Administration from the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University.