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Seattle, WA
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Washington, DC
Staff
Oscar C. Gomez
Chief Executive Officer
Biography
Kristen Stoimenoff, MPH
Deputy Director
Biography
Heather Gardner, MPH
Senior Project Manager
Biography
Judy Cervantes-Connell, MPH
Senior Project Manager
Biography
Liberty Day, MS
Senior Project Manager
Biography
Lakshmi Subramani
Fund Development Coordinator
Biography
Mollie McKillop
Associate Project Manager
Biography
Diana Lieu
Associate Project Manager
Biography
Krista Marcelino
Executive Assistant
Biography
Oscar Gomez, Chief Executive Officer back to top
Oscar Gomez is Chief Executive Officer of Health Outreach Partners, where he provides direct supervision over the organization’s mission and strategic initiatives. He has over 18 years of experience in migrant/community health. He is a founding and current member of the Farmworker Health Network (FHN) comprised of six national HRSA Cooperative Agreements, and has served as its Chair twice in the past three years. He served as HOP’s (then Farmworker Health Services, Inc.) Operations Administrator during the last five years of HOP’s direct service scope, overseeing outreach service delivery and case management at 20-25 migrant health grantee organizations per year. In 2001, Oscar led HOP’s transition from a direct service organization into a national, multi-tiered technical assistance provider with an unmatched expertise in health outreach, enabling services, and prevention strategies. In 2009, he oversaw HOP’s expansion of its scope, mission and name change in keeping with the organization’s commitment to serve all other community-based organizations where farmworkers may be accessing care. He’s currently a member of the National Seasonal & Migrant Advisory Council and St. Barnabus Senior Services’ FQHC Advisory Committee. Oscar holds a BA in International Studies with a concentration in Intercultural Communication from Pepperdine University and is bilingual in English/Spanish.
Kristen Stoimenoff, MPH, Deputy Director back to top
Kristen Stoimenoff, MPH, is Deputy Director at Health Outreach Partners (HOP), where she oversees all training, consulting and information services activities for community health organizations across the country serving vulnerable and underserved populations. She joined HOP as a Project Manager in July 2004, providing program evaluation, program consultation, and training to health outreach programs. From October 2005 through 2010, she managed specific aspects of HOP services in her role as a Program Director. Prior to joining HOP, Kristen worked as a grant writer for La Clínica del Pueblo, Inc., a community health center in Washington, DC. From 1998-2000, Kristen served as a Peace Corps volunteer focusing on community health in rural Guatemala. She holds a Masters in Public Health with a focus on Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her public health experience includes skills in program development, implementation, evaluation, community organizing and community development, and health promotion and education. Kristen lives in Seattle, WA, where she enjoys hiking, camping, and exploring the city’s farmers markets and cultural events.
Heather Gardner, MPH, Senior Project Manager back to top
Heather Gardner joined Health Outreach Partners (HOP) in 2005. Her role as a Senior Project Manager encompasses a comprehensive array of technical assistance activities, including outreach program assessments, trainings, publications and consultation services provided to community based organizations nationwide. Prior to this position, she worked at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, as a Research Project Manager on an assessment of a UNICEF health project in 21 countries. While in Atlanta, she obtained her Master’s in Public Health, from the Department of Global Health at Emory University, concentrating in Community Health. A two year Peace Corps experience in Nicaragua, volunteering as a Community Health Promoter, was a first-hand introduction to the impact of Community Health Workers.
Judy Cervantes-Connell, MPH, Senior Project Manager back to top
Judy is a Senior Project Manager at Health Outreach Partners (HOP); she joined the organization in 2006. In her current role she provides training, consultation, and information services to organizations throughout the United States that seek to improve grassroots community health models. Over the years, her work has focused on topics such as cultural sensitivity, popular education methods, outreach program planning and evaluation, and outreach and health education basics. Judy has also assisted HOP with special projects, including its’ National Needs Assessment of Farmworker Outreach Programs. She led the Safe and Healthy Children Initiative, a project funded by the Kellogg Foundation, to develop a pediatric environmental health curriculum in partnership with Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Academy for Educational Development. She is currently leading the development of curriculum for outreach staff to improve skills for increasing access to public health insurance programs. Before working with HOP, she coordinated a tobacco-control policy campaign in San Francisco, managed the 5-a-Day social marketing campaign targeting predominantly Latino farmworkers and their children on the Central Coast of California, and led a childhood immunization outreach program within the Mission District of San Francisco. Judy holds a Masters of Public Health in Community Health Education from San Francisco State University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Berkeley.
Liberty Day, MS, Senior Project Manager back to top
Liberty Day Ruihley joined the Health Outreach Partners team in 2008. Her responsibilities as an HOP Senior Project Manager include providing program consultation, training, and information services to local communities and community-based organizations working to improve access to quality health care to vulnerable and underserved populations. Before joining HOP, Liberty graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Masters of Science in Education, Counseling Psychology. She went on to provide mental health, substance abuse counseling, and administrative program oversight in residential treatment programs and shelters. After a period of time in direct services, she accepted a position as a Prevention Specialist where she worked closely with community coalitions and organizations across the state of Kentucky to provide technical assistance and training regarding needs assessments, planning, implementation of strategies, and program evaluation.
Lakshmi Subramani, Fund Development Coordinator back to top
Lakshmi currently serves as Health Outreach Partners’ (HOP) Fund Development Coordinator. Her responsibilities include prospect research, grant writing, grant progress reporting, contracts management and grants/contracts budgeting and cost reporting. Lakshmi Subramani joined HOP in August 2006 as the Administrative/ Executive Assistant and subsequently as a Program Coordinator for the DC Office. In June 2009, she relocated to HOP’s Oakland Office as the Executive Project Coordinator, a role that encompassed both an administrative and programmatic support and responsibilities. Prior to joining HOP, Lakshmi worked as an Office Assistant for the Center for Education and Professional Advancement at Mount Mary College. She has also served on the on the Mount Mary Board of Trustees Advisory Committee and the Mount Mary Women's Leadership Institute. Lakshmi is originally from Liberia, West Africa and holds a B.S. in Biology from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI.
Mollie McKillop, Associate Project Manager back to top
Mollie currently serves as an Associate Program Manager at HOP. At an early age, Mollie developed a passion for public health and social justice through service projects she led in Mexico during her high school spring break holidays. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, she served the homeless as a case manager at a local community health clinic, helping patients successfully navigate the health care system. She also worked as a research assistant in the College of Natural Resources and as a health promotion officer at UC Health Services. Upon graduating magna cum laude from UC Berkeley, Mollie interned as a community organizer at Pesticide Watch Education Fund, where she organized a group of citizens in Contra Costa County to advocate for local policy change concerning bed bugs. Mollie’s professional interests include health disparities, health policy/economics (both at the national and local level) as well as social determinants of health and quantitative analysis of research and evaluation data. She holds a B.A. in public health, with a concentration in pre-medical studies and health policy. Away from HOP Mollie enjoys long-distance running, keeping up on current events in the news, and exploring local neighborhoods and nature preserves.
Diana Lieu, Associate Project Manager back to top
Diana Lieu joined HOP in 2011 as an Associate Project Manager. Prior to working with HOP, Diana coordinated a project at the Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS - APICHA to increase the overall health and well-being of the Asian and Pacific Islander and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community through health education, cultural competency training, and community outreach. In addition, she provided HIV testing and counseling to individuals in the field and at the APICHA clinic. In 2007, Diana received the New York City Human Rights Fellowship to create a content-based English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) curriculum on immigrant employment rights for the New York City public library systems. Diana received her undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College. In her free time, Diana likes to have culinary and cycling adventures.
Krista Marcelino, Executive Assistant back to top
Krista currently serves as HOP’s Executive Assistant. She graduated from the University of California, Davis as a double major in Communication and Psychology. As an undergraduate, she interned as a research assistant for the UC Davis Asian American Center on Disparities Research, which focused on how cultural factors worked to either enhance or mitigate the effectiveness of evidence-based treatments for clients. She also became a Co-Production Coordinator for an Asian American political and pop culture magazine, which emphasized a better representation of the underground perspectives of minorities in media and politics. Prior to joining HOP in 2011, she volunteered at the Alameda County Medical Center, within their Human Resources department in order to develop a deeper insight in the health industry as well as in administration. During her leisure, she enjoys reading about fashion trends, traveling to scenic sites, and listening to a wide-range of music genres.