LA County Department of Public Health

Main Contact
Office of Violence Prevention General Inquiries and Questions		626-293-2610 ovp@ph.lacounty.gov

Media Inquiries		626-293-2610 ovp@ph.lacounty.gov

Data Requests For violence-related data requests, click here.		ovpdata@ph.lacounty.gov
Office of Violence Prevention
Executive Director Andrea Welsing		awelsing@ph.lacounty.gov

Deputy Director Kelly Fischer		kfischer@ph.lacounty.gov

Administrative Support Eileen Manasan Carolina Chavez Jacqueline Diaz		emanasan@ph.lacounty.gov cchavez2@ph.lacounty.gov jdiaz2@ph.lacounty.gov

Contracts and Grants Samantha Tsui Kimberly Martinez		stsui@ph.lacounty.gov kmartinez@ph.lacounty.gov
Communications
Communication	Media Requests and Inquiries	626-293-2610 ovp@ph.lacounty.gov
Data and Reports
Supervising Epidemiologist Isabelle Sternfeld Epidemiologist Michelle Chan Epidemiologist Ricardo Contreras Research & Evaluation Coordinator Vagarshak Avetisyan	Data Requests Mapping/GIS National Violent Death Registration Reporting System (NVDRS) Open Data Portal	isternfeld@ph.lacounty.gov mchan@ph.lacounty.gov rcontreras@ph.lacounty.gov vavetisyan@ph.lacounty.gov
Gun Violence Initiative/ Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVROs)
Policy Analyst Mia Livas Porter GVRO System Navigator William Ortega Daniel Fong		mlivasporter@ph.lacounty.gov wortega@ph.lacounty.gov dfong@ph.lacounty.gov
Health Education
Community Health Educator Celeste Del Valle Health Educator Patricia Hernandez		ovp@ph.lacounty.gov phernandez@ph.lacounty.gov
Crisis Response Program Care Action Response Team (CART)
Program Coordinator Charlotte Robinson-Perkins		crobinson-perkins@ph.lacounty.gov
Family Assistance Program
Clinical Social Worker Supervisor Linda Reyna Senior Clinical Social Worker Gisela Batres Psychiatric Social Worker II Chanique Groenow		lreyna@ph.lacounty.gov gbatres@ph.lacounty.gov cgroenow@ph.lacounty.gov
Regional Violence Prevention Coalitions (RVPC)
Program Coordinator Nana Sarkodee-Adoo		nsarkodee-adoo@ph.lacounty.gov
Sexual Assault Council
Program Specialist IV, CEO Alisa Williams		awilliams5@ph.lacounty.gov
Suicide Prevention
Program Coordinator Nana Sarkodee-Adoo		nsarkodee-adoo@ph.lacounty.gov
Trauma Informed and Healing Centered Care
Trauma Informed Care Specialist Hannah Denyer		hdenyer@ph.lacounty.gov
Trauma Prevention Initiative (TPI)
TPI Co-Leads Aarti Harper Keith Baker	Intervention Capacity Building Hospital Violence Intervention Program Park Partnerships Positive Youth Development Westmont West Athens and Florence Firestone Willowbrook and Compton	asharper@ph.lacounty.gov kebaker@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Regional Coordinators Ivette Diaz-Quintero Nellie Marie Nunez	East LA, Puente Valley, Pomona Antelope Valley & Hawaiian Gardens/Norwalk	idiaz@ph.lacounty.gov nnunez2@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Supervising Community Health Worker Cristina Zuniga		czuniga2@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Community Health Workers Francisco Noyola Michelle Frias Markaija Anderson	Antelope Valley Hawaiian Gardens/Norwalk East LA, Puente Valley, Pomona Westmont West Athens, Willowbrook, Florence Firestone, and Unincorporated Compton	fnayola@ph.lacounty.gov mfrias@ph.lacounty.gov manderson@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Community Engagement Coordinator (CEC) Crystal Martinez		cmartinez8@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Expert LaNaisha Edwards		ledwards@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Data and Evaluation Alfonso Martin		amartin@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Hospital Violence Intervention Program Manager Adrian Yen		ayen@ph.lacounty.gov
American Rescue Plan – Trauma Prevention Partnerships
Community Liaison Dawn Franks Project Manager Ray Zacarias Violence Prevention Researcher Tatheer Adnan Contract and Finance Manager Lolita Smith		dfranks@ph.lacounty.gov rzacarias@ph.lacounty.gov tadnan2@ph.lacounty.gov lsmith2@ph.lacounty.gov
Youth Suicide Rapid Reporting and Crisis Response Project
Senior Program Analyst Ana Leiva Administrative Analyst Vileana De La Rosa Program Analyst Tiffany Tran Rapid Response Program Analyst Lina Jowhar		aleiva@ph.lacounty.gov vdelarosa@ph.lacounty.gov ttran@ph.lacounty.gov ljowhar@ph.lacounty.gov

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