Council on Multicultural Health Membership

The Council is composed of members from California's multiethnic communities with diverse professional backgrounds. The Council's mission is to advise the Department of Health Care Services and the California Department of Public Health on improving access to quality health care and eliminating health disparities among California's diverse racial/ethnic communities.

The Council on Multicultural Health is committed to:

assist the departments in developing culturally competent policies and programs and
to serve as a conduit for the exchange of information with California's racial and ethnic communities.

Council Members

Martha Jazo-Bajet
Community Health Group

Roxanna Bautista, MPH
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, MPA
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Mark P. Espinosa, MPH
Native American Health Center, San Francisco

Mary Anne Foo, MPH
Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance

Gordon L. Fung, MD, MPH
Director, Asian Heart & Vascular Center
UC San Francisco Medical Center

Britta Guerrero
Native American Health Center, Sacramento

Erkia Hainley, MSW
The Children's Clinic

Vivian Huang
Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality

Miya Iwataki (Council Chair)
Office of Diversity Programs, LA County Department of Health Services

Walter Lam
Alliance for African Assistance

Mark LeBeau
California Rural Indian Health Board

Martin Martinez
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Fa'asalalau "Sala" Mataalii, MSN
Samoan National Nurses Association

Jane Ka'alakahikina Pang
'Ainahau O Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club
Pacific Islander Health Partnership

Lori Quince
Tobacco Control & Prevention, LA County Department of Health Services

A. Eric Ramos, MD, FAAPF
Del Puerto Medical Center

V. Diane Woods, DrPH
Loma Linda University