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Previous Community Prevention and Population Health Task Force Members

The first cohort of the Task Force began in Spring 2016. Task Force members serve a two-year term and may serve up to three two-year terms.

2020 - 2022

Member Name	Organization
Sonya Young Aadam	California Black Women’s Health Project
Manal Aboelata	Prevention Institute
Everardo Alvizo	Long Beach Health and Human Services Department
Tamika Butler	Tamika L. Butler Consulting
Betzabel Estudillo	California Food Policy Advocates
Dahlia Ferlito	City of Los Angeles, Department on Disability
Michelle Fluke	Antelope Valley Partners for Health
Cathy Friedman	Peace Over Violence
Nancy Halpern Ibrahim	Esperanza Community Housing
Anisha Hingorani	Advancement Project CA
Nomsa Khalfani	Essential Access Health
Jim Mangia	St. John’s Well Child and Family Centers
Margaret B. Martinez	ChapCare
Chad Monk	National Health Foundation
Damon Nagami*	Natural Resources Defense Council
Lauren Nakano*	Beach Cities Health District
Elisa Nicholas	The Children’s Clinic
Theresa "Missy" Nitescu*	Northeast Valley Health Corporation
Maryjane Puffer	The Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health
Cori Racela	Western Center on Law & Poverty
Margaret Farwell Smith	Policy Council, Los Angeles County Office of Women’s Health
Amanda Staples	JPMorgan Chase
Benjamin Torres	Community Development Technologies Center (CDTech)
Sonya Vasquez	Community Health Councils
Albert Young	Allied Pacific IPA / Network Medical Management
*Co-Chair

2018 - 2020

Task Force

Member Name	Organization
Sonya Young Aadam	California Black Women’s Health Project
Manal Aboelata	Prevention Institute
Mayra Alvarez	The Children’s Partnership
Tamika Butler	Toole Design
Veronica Flores*	Community Health Councils
Michelle Fluke	Antelope Valley Partners for Health
Cathy Friedman	Peace Over Violence
Nancy Halpern Ibrahim	Esperanza Community Housing
Anisha Hingorani	Advancement Project
Anne-Marie Jones	The LA84 Foundation
Nomsa Khalfani*	Essential Access Health
Jim Mangia	St. John’s Well Child and Family Centers
Ramella Markarian	Adventist Health Glendale
Damon Nagami	National Resources Defense Council
Lauren Nakano	Beach Cities Health District
Elisa Nicholas	The Children’s Clinic
Theresa Nitescu	Northeast Valley Health Corporation
Janae Oliver	Kaiser Permanente
Maryjane Puffer	The Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health
Cori Racela	Western Center on Law & Poverty
Margaret Smith	Policy Council, Los Angeles County Office of Women’s Health
Amanda Staples	American Heart Association
Benjamin Torres	Community Development Technologies Center (CD Tech)
Nicole Wong	Redeemer Community Partnership
*Co-Chair

2016 - 2018

2016 - 2018 Task Force Members

Member Name	Organization
Sonya Young Aadam	California Black Women’s Health Project
Manal Aboelata*	Prevention Institute
Mayra Alvarez	The Children’s Partnership
Tamika Butler	Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Melinda Cordero-Bárzaga	Visión y Compromiso
Michael Cousineau	University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Veronica Flores	Community Health Councils
Michelle Fluke	Antelope Valley Partners for Health
Cathy Friedman	Peace Over Violence
Mark Glassock	Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Nancy Halpern Ibrahim	Esperanza Community Housing
Mary Lee	PolicyLink
Virginia Lee	Partnership for Los Angeles School
Joan Ling	University of California at Los Angeles
Jim Mangia	St. John’s Well Child and Family Centers
Lauren Nakano	Beach Cities Health District
Elisa Nicholas	The Children’s Clinic
Luis Pardo	Worksite Wellness LA
Maryjane Puffer	The Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health
Margaret Smith	Policy Council, Los Angeles County Office of Women’s Health
Rosa Soto	LAC+USC Medical Center Foundation – The Wellness Center
Benjamin Torres	Community Development Technologies Center (CDTech)
*Co-Chair

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