About Healthy Kids: Steering Committee
Message from the Chair
Dear Community Member,
It is a pleasure to be able to report to you on our first full year of operations of Healthy Kids. Turning the vision of Healthy Kids into reality has taken four years of work from many individuals and organizations.
Healthy Kids is a unique organization. It is a true community collaborative. Our community hospitals, clinics, county departments, community service organizations, and children’s health advocates worked together on a local solution to the problem of children’s access to healthcare.
What is extraordinary about this effort is that the solution is local. Our community is working together so that all children in Sonoma County have access to healthcare. I would like to thank all of the medical and dental providers, donors, community based organizations, and staff members who contributed to the successful launch of Healthy Kids.
Best,
Mary Maddux-Gonzalez, M.D.
Chair, Steering Committee
Healthy Kids Sonoma County
Steering Committee
Elisabeth Chicoine
Director of Nursing, Public Health Division
Sonoma County Health Services Department
Walter Collins
President & CEO
United Way of Sonoma, Lake & Mendocino Counties
Marion Deeds
Economic Assistance Section Manager
Sonoma County Human Services Department
Jerry Dunn
Assistant Director
Sonoma County Human Services Department
Kathy Foster, MD
Chairperson
Children and Families Commission
Naomi Fuchs
Executive Director
Southwest Community Health Center
Leonard Klay, MD
Sonoma County Medical Association
Andrea Learned
Vice President
St. Joseph Health System Sonoma County
Mary Maddux-Gonzalez, MD, MPH
Health Officer & Public Health Division Director
Sonoma County Health Services Department
Andrea Michelson
Community Benefits & Community Health Manager
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa
Pedro Villela Toledo, Jr.
Director of Community & Government Relations
Redwood Community Health Coalition
Gregory Rosa, MD
Sonoma County Medical Association
Viveka Rydell
Executive Director
Pediatric Dental Initiative
Rita Scardaci, MPH
Director
Sonoma County Health Services Department
Suzie Shupe
President
Shupe and Associates
Jennie Tasheff
Health Program Manager
Sonoma County First Five
Penny Vanderwolk
Community Relations Manager
Sutter Medical Center Santa Rosa
Carl Wong, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Sonoma County Office of Education