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Robert Phillips

Robert Phillips

Board Chair

Robert Phillips, Community Catalyst Board Chair, is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of West Oakland Health, a federally qualified health center founded in 1967 to improve the health and…

Joia Crear-Perry

Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG

Chair, Governance Committee

Joia is the founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative and a thought leader around racism as a root cause of health inequities, speaker, trainer, advocate, policy expert,…

Vanessa Gonzalez

Vanessa Gonzalez, MPW, MPA

Board Member

Vanessa is the Vice President of Government and Political Affairs at GIFFORDS, an organization with a mission to end gun violence. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President of…

Anton Gunn

Anton J. Gunn

Board Member

Anton is the Chief Executive Officer of 937 Strategy Group, LLC, a minority-owned management consulting and professional services firm based in the United States. Prior to 937 Strategy Group, Anton…

Yvonne Gutierrez

Yvonne Gutierrez

Board Member

Yvonne Gutierrez is the Chief Strategy Officer for Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America. In this role, she oversees the development and execution of the organization-wide strategy to…

Lina Hourani-Harajli

Lina Hourani-Harajli

Board Member

Known for her compassion, dedication to making a difference and commitment to operational excellence, Lina Hourani-Harajli joined ACCESS, the largest Arab American community nonprofit in the nation, in 2000. She…

Tshombe Hubbard

Chair of the Finance Committee and Treasurer

Tshombe is the Chief Administrative Officer for Voting Rights Lab, an organization dedicated to fighting voter suppression and transforming our country’s voting systems. Tshombe has more than 20 years of…

Oliver Kim

Oliver Kim

Development Committee Chair

Oliver is an independent consultant and an adjunct law professor for the University of Pittsburgh. He has nearly two decades of legislative and policy experience, including a decade of experience…

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Cynthia K. Orellana, Ph.D.

Board Member

Dr. Cynthia K. Orellana’s is the newly appointed President and CEO of Mass Mentoring Partnership, a statewide non-profit organization focused on supporting young people -and the over 350 youth-serving organizations…

Kiran Savage-Sangwan

Kiran Savage-Sangwan

Board Member

Kiran is the Executive Director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN). CPEHN is a statewide multicultural health advocacy organization, focused on eliminating persistent health inequities and addressing structural racism…

Mark Schlesinger

Mark Schlesinger

Board Secretary

Mark Schlesinger is professor of Health Policy and a fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University and past editor of the Journal of Health Policy,…

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Kimá Joy Taylor

Board Member

Kimá Joy Taylor is the founder of Anka Consulting, a health care consulting firm, a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute, and a Community Catalyst board member.

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  1. Vision
  2. Work
    • Anchoring Health Equity
      • Coverage & Care
      • Health & Economic Justice
    • Reimagining the Health System
      • Community-First Public Health
      • Health System Innovation
    • Building Power With Communities
      • People Over Profit
      • Organizing People & Power
    See work
  3. Issues
    • Affordability
      • Affordable Care Act
      • Health System Financing
      • Medical Debt
    • Coverage Expansion
      • Medicaid Expansion
    • COVID-19
    • Health Access
      • Oral Health
      • Substance Use Disorders
    • Health Equity
      • Social Determinants of Health
      • Sexual, Reproductive, & Maternal Health
      • LGBTQ+ Health
    • Health Care Quality & Experience
    • Medicaid & Medicare
    • Outreach & Enrollment
    See issues
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