Board of Directors & Leadership Team
Leadership Team
Leslie Conner, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
Leslie became CEO of the Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center in 2011 and led the opening of the new...
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Casey KirkHart, DO
Chief Medical Officer
A Long Beach native, Casey attended UC Berkeley, where he studied biology and sociology....
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Mila Shank, LCSW
Chief Behavioral Health Officer
Mila Shank (she, her, hers) has worked at Santa Cruz Community Health since 2013 and has been in...
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Philippa Barron
Chief Operating Officer
Philippa Barron is SCCHC’s Chief Operating Officer. She holds an MBA and an MPH from UC Berkeley...
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Ignacio Perez
Chief Financial Officer
Ignacio has over 20 years experience in the healthcare industry with a focus on expansion and long...
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Nicole Bussing
Chief Human Resources Officer
Nicole Bussing is SCCH’s Chief Human Resources Officer. She holds a Master of Science...
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Dena Loijos
Chief of Programs and Evaluations
Dena Loijos, MPH is the Santa Cruz Community Health Centers’ Chief Program and Evaluation...
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Bill Leland
Board Chair
Born in San Francisco, 14 years on the East Coast through college in Massachusetts, then back to...
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Jorge Savala
Board Vice Chair
Jorge Savala is a native of Santa Cruz, having grown up in a migrant camp near Wilder Ranch State...
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Gloria Nieto
Board Secretary
Gloria Nieto is a long-time activist in Santa Cruz. Her focus has been on immigration rights, LGBT...
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Naseem Nangoli
Board Treasurer
Naseem’s journey in health care advocacy began in the early 2000s when her child was diagnosed...
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Andrew Goldenkranz
Andrew has lived in Santa Cruz County since 1986. A veteran public educator and public health...
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Glenys Davidson
Glenys moved from Willow Glen to Santa Cruz in 2000. She began as a volunteer for the Santa Cruz...
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Kimberly Hallinan
Kimberly spent most of her career at New Leaf Community Markets in Santa Cruz, most recently as...
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Jackie Powell
Originally from a small town in Virginia, Jackie spent five years working in international public...
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Isabella Kressman
Isabella Kressman has been a SCCH patient board member since the Fall of 2017. Her daughter has...
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Claire Crossett
Claire joins the SCCH Board with a decade of experience in education and women’s health. She...
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Randy Pozos
Randy Pozos was born and raised in Ventura, CA. He was the fourth of six children. His father was...
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Eileen Murphy
Eileen Murphy is the Fundraising and Communications Co-Chair on the Board of Directors. She has...
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Mace Crowbear
I raised up in Boulder Creek in a small indigenous community. I came from a family of wood...
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