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COE Advisory Boards

Our Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) Community Advisory Board is an essential link to people in the communities we serve. The board’s input informs our outreach, engagement and research agendas.

Community Advisory Board (CAB)

Julie Bazan

Director, Mid Rio Grande Border Area Health Education Center

 

Tommy Camden

Program Manager, SA Metro Health

 

Erin Ercoline

Executive Director, ThriveWell

 

Belinda Flores

Director, South Coastal Area Health Education Center

 

Brenda Hoffman

Director, Southwest Border Area Health Education Center

 

Mary Jimenez

Vice President Strategic Account Management, Caris Life Sciences

 

Jennifer Knoulton

Vice President of Operations, Methodist Health Ministries

 

Janna Lesser

Program Director, South Texas Area Health Education Center

 

Armando Lopez

Director, Lower Rio Grande Valley Area Health Education Center

 

Elizabeth Lutz

Executive Director, Bexar County Community Health/The Health Collaborative

 

Fernando Martinez

Program Coordinator, Community Health, Northwest Vista College

 

Susan Padalecki

Associate Director for Research Administration, Mays Cancer Center

 

Gisel Prado

Health Equity Manager, SA Metro Health

 

Amanda Ramirez

Founder and Survivor, Mandy’s Fight

 

Donna Rankin

Cancer Control Strategic Partnerships Manager, American Cancer Society

 

Carlos V. Rodriguez

Health Equity Manager, SA Metro Health

 

Sandi Stanford

Advocate, Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation

 

Maria Torres

Business Operations Manager, University Health System

 

Paula Winkler

Director, South Central Area Health Education Center

 

Jose Zapata

Manager of Academic Programs, UT Health South Texas AHEC

 

Internal Advisory Board (IAB)

Byron Hepburn, MD, FAAFP

 

Chiquita Collins, PhD

 

Gail Tomlinson, MD

 

Irene Chapa, PhD

 

Moonju Lee PhD, RN

 

Patricia Chalela, DrPH

 

Pratap Kumar, Phd

 

Ramon Cancino, MD, MS, FAAFP

 

Robert Clark, MD

 

Robert Ferrer, MD

 

Robin Leach, PhD

 

Patrick Sung 

 

Ruth Berggren, MD

 

Stephanie D. Rowan, PhD, MN, RN

 

Susan Padalecki, PhD

 

Tim Huang

 

Laura Aubree Shay, PhD

 

Rohnda Be Lue

 

Glenn Martinez, PhD, MPH

 

Debra Kent

 

Allison C. Grimes, MD

 

Penny Flores

 

Jaclyn Shaw, MS, BAPA