Program Overview

National Program Office

National Advisory Committee

LaRay Brown, NAC Chair

Oscar Arocha, M.M.

Shelby Dunster

Joe Gallegos, M.B.A.

Tawara D. Goode, M.A.

Winston Wong, M.D.

Mara Youdelman, J.D., LL.M.

Senior Advisors

About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Speaking Together’s National Advisory Committee (NAC) is composed of leaders in a variety of fields who advise the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on site selection and other program issues.

LaRay Brown, Chair
Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Community Health, & Intergovernmental Relations
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Oscar Arocha, M.M.
Director of Interpreter Services Department and Guest Support Services
Boston Medical Center

Shelby Dunster
Research Director
Division of Standards and Survey Methods
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Joe Gallegos, M.B.A.
Vice President for Operations – Western U.S.
National Association of Community Health Centers

Tawara Goode, M.A.
Director, National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

Winston F. Wong, M.D.
Clinical Director, Community Benefit
Kaiser Permanente, Care Management Institute

Mara Youdelman, J.D., LL.M
Staff Attorney
National Health Law Program

Advisors to the NAC

Guadalupe Pacheco, M.S.W.
Special Assistant to the Director
OPHS/OS/USDHHS, Office of Minority Health

Yolanda Partida, M.S.W., D.P.A.
Director, National Program Office
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