Who We Are
Staff
Holly Nickel
CCORE & States Strategy
Co-Lead
hnickel@phi.org
Colin Gutierrez
Safe & Equitable Communities Program Coordinator
cgutierrez@phi.org
Giovianna Burrell
CCORE Co-Lead
gburrell@phi.org
Erica Tolbert
Communications Project Coordinator (AmeriCorps VISTA Member)
etolbert@phi.org
Julia Caplan
Executive Director
jcaplan@phi.org
Daniela Aguilar
Administrative Assistant III
Lianne Dillon
CCORE Co-Lead
ldillon@phi.org
Elana Needle
States Advancing Racial Equity Co-Lead
eneedle@phi.org
Nancy Garcia
Program Administrator
ngarcia@phi.org
Advisory Group
The purpose of the State of Equity Advisory Group is to ensure alignment with community priorities and key partners, increase our understanding of the movements we support, increase awareness of our work, and identify opportunities to co-create spaces for government and community to collaboratively advance government transformation for racial equity and health.
Analilia Garcia
Chief Equity Officer,
County of Santa Clara
Anita Kumar
Director, Collaborative Health Equity Practice
Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative
Edna Sandoval
California Advocacy Manager/Technical Assistance, Participatory Budgeting Project
Dwayne S. Marsh
President and CEO,
Northern California Grantmakers
Elena Santamaria
Policy Advisor,
NextGen Policy
Eric Morrison-SMith
Executive Director,
Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
Kanwarpal Dhaliwal
Co-founder and Associate Director,
RYSE
Kia Thacker
Director
of Capacity Building, Human Impact Partners
Melissa Jones
Executive Director,
Bay Area Health Inequities Initiative
Founder, National Racial Health Justice Center
Morning Star Gali
Project Director,
Restoring Justice for Indigenous Peoples
Ronald Coleman
Managing Director of Policy,
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Ruben Cantu
Associate Program Director,
Prevention Institute
Shelly Covert
Spokesperson,
Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe
Shireen Malekafzali
Chief Equity Officer,
County of San Mateo
Sue Watson
Vice President for Racial Equity Diversity & Inclusion