The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is supported by an advisory board, representing state and local health officials, community and rural clinics, hospitals, health plans, public health offices, and advocacy organizations.

Chair:

Kim Johnson 
Secretary
California Health and Human Services Agency
Alternate:
Linette Scott, MD, MPH
Chief Data Officer and Deputy Director of Enterprise Data and Information Management
California Department of Health Care Services

Members:

Juliet K. Choi, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Alternate:
Victoria Lai, JD
Counselor 
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Ana Jackson, PhD
Chief Evaluation & Data Strategy Director
Blue Shield of California Foundation

Charles Bacchi
President and CEO
California Association of Health Plans

Donna Ures
Section Chief, Policy, Monitoring, and Financing Section Community Services Division
Department of Health Care Services
Alternate:
Julia Rojas
Chief, Program Policy Unit
Department of Health Care Services

Simarjot Vinayak 
Health Program Specialist I
Department of Health Care Services

Christopher Perrone, MPP
Director, Improving Access 
California Healthcare Foundation

Xueying Sherry Zhang MD, MPH, MS
Chief, Research Scientist, Evaluation Unit
California Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program
Alternates: 
Tam Vuong, MPH
Research Scientist
California Department of Public Health, Tobacco Prevention Program

Candice Donaldson, MA, PhD 
Research Scientist III (Epidemiology/Biostatistics)
Surveillance and Evaluation Section
California Tobacco Prevention Program Center for Healthy Communities

Jessica Altman
Chief Executive Director
California Health Benefit Exchange
Alternates:
Isaac Menashe, MPP 
Associate Director, Evaluation & Research
California Health Benefit Exchange

Emily Kohn, MPP
Manager of the Research Team 
California Health Benefit Exchange

Isaac Katten 
California Health Benefit Exchange

Julia Vassey - Evaluation & Research
California Health Benefit Exchange

Garen L. Corbett, MS
Executive Director
California Health Benefits Review Program

Michelle Doty Cabrera
Executive Director
County Behavioral Health Directors Association California

Amie Miller, PsyD
Executive Director
California Mental Health Services Authority
Alternate: 
Jeremy Wilson, MPPA
Senior Program Director 
California Mental Health Services Authority

Jasmine DeGuzman Lacsamana, MPH
Program Officer
Archstone Foundation
Alternate:
Gerson Galdamez, PhD
Program Officer

Jody L. Herman, Ph.D.
Reid Rasmussen Senior Scholar of Public Policy
The Williams Institute

Dustin Corcoran, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
California Medical Association

Seciah Aquino, DrPH, MS
Executive Director
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Marlyn Pulido, MPH
Senior Research Manager 
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)

Lucy Saenz
Deputy Director of Data Informatics
California Primary Care Association

Mayra Álvarez, MHA
President
The Children’s Partnership

Veronica Flores, MA
Chief Executive Officer
Community Health Councils, Inc.

Louise McCarthy, MPP
President and CEO
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County

Brenda Solórzano, JD 
President/CEO
The California Endowment
Alternate:
Bonnie Midura, MPH
Director 
Senior Program Manager

Dana Paredes 
Senior Emergent Learning Manager 
The California Endowment

Jackie Thu-Huong Wong, MSW
Executive Director
First 5 California
Alternates:
Janne Olson - Morgan
Deputy Director
Program Innovation and Evaluation Division   
First 5 California
   
Won Lee, PhD
Research Scientist
Program Innovation and Evaluation Division 
First 5 California

Patricia Lee, PhD
Research Scientist III
Department of Health Care Services

Erica Pan, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FAAP 
Director and State Public Health Officer
California Department of Public Health
Alternate:
Christine Siador, MPH CDPH Assistant Director
Policy, Planning, & Performance 
California Department of Public Health

Roxann Seepersad, MS, Ph.D.
Supervising Public Health Epidemiologist
County of Monterey Health Department

Jason Constantouros, MA, MPA
Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst
Legislative Analyst’s Office
(The California Legislature’s Nonpartisan Fiscal And Policy Advisor)

Alexander Li, M.D.
Chief Health Equity Office
LA Care Health Plan

Muntu Davis, MD, MPH 
County Health Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Jennifer Tuteur, MD, FAAFP 
County’s Chief Medical Officer
Health and Human Services Agency    
County of San Diego    
Alternates:
Chris O’Malley, MPH, CPH 
Chief, Agency Operations 
County of San Diego

Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH
Health and Human Services Agency
County of San Diego

Chet P. Hewitt
President and CEO
Sierra Health Foundation
Alternates:
Maurice Samuels  
Managing Director of Evaluation and Learning
Sierra Health Foundation

Nilda Valmores, MPA
Senior Program Officer 
Sierra Health Foundation

Alec Watts, Ph.D.
Assistant Deputy Director of Research and Policy 
California Civil Rights Department
Alternate:
Zelene Molina 
Program Manager
California Civil Rights Department

Mary Campa, Ph.D. 
Research and Evaluation Branch Manager
Office of Health Equity 
California Department of Public Health
Alternate:
Peter Oh, Chief, MPH, DrPH
Chief, Health Research & Statistics Unit/ Office of Health Equity
California Department of Public Health

Rashmi Shetgiri, MD, MSHS
Chief Science Officer 
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Karthick Ramakrishnan, PhD 
Executive Director and Founder
Asian American Pacific Islander – AAPI Data

Amber Ott
Senior Vice President, Data Analytics
California Hospital Association
Alternate:
Justin Ziombra
Group Vice President, Data Analytics
California Hospital Association

Rhonda M. Smith
Executive Director
California Black Health Network

Ex-Officio:

Ninez Ponce, PhD, MPP
Professor and Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman 
Endowed Chair
Department of Health Policy and Management UCLA Fielding School of Public Health 
Director
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Principal Investigator
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Todd Hughes
Director
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Guests

Nicole Lordi, MSC (d)
Program Director – Researcher 
Public Health Institute

Valerie Steinmetz 
Program Director 
Public Health Institute

Kristie Allen   
Director of Corporate, Foundation & Research Relations
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Benjamin Hicks, MPH 
Office of Policy and Planning
Research and Analysis Section:
Community Health Assessment Unit Chief
California Department of Public Health
Alternate:
Victoria Daher 
CDPH California Health Information Survey
CDPH Open Data Publishing Coordinator
Data Strategy and Governance Division (DSDG), MS 5104
Center for Health Statistics and Informatics
California Department of Public Health

Royce Park
Assistant Director, Survey Data Collection
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Andrew Juhnke, MPH
Assistant Director, Data Dissemination and Compliance
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Xinyu Zhang, Ph.D.
Survey Methodology and Data Quality Manager
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Flor Vásquez, MPA
Administrator
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research