NATIVIDAD - Key Persons
Dr. Arias specializes in Family Medicine and received her medical degree from Autonomous University of Baja California School of Medicine in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. After medical school she became part of the University of California, Los Angeles International Medical Graduate Program. She completed a Family Medicine Residency at University of California, San Diego, serving as Chief Resident of the program in 2012. During her residency, Dr. Arias was named Outstanding Intern in Labor and Delivery by the Obstetrics Department. She was also a member of the UCSD Perinatal Practices Committee that sets policy for patient care in the labor, delivery and postpartum departments. Dr. Arias was initially attracted to Salinas for the Obstetrical Fellowship. She completed her year in training here at Natividad and loved the community and the patients so much that she decided to stay. Her special interests include: Obstetrics, Underserved Medicine and Teaching. Dr. Arias is fluent in English and Spanish.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Assistant Administrator for Operations and Support Services
- Chief Ancillary and Support Services Officer
Chief Ancillary and Support Services Officer Andrea Rosenberg is the Assistant Administrator for Operations and Support Services at Natividad. Mrs. Rosenberg has served in various leadership roles at Natividad since 2004. She previously filled key administrative leadership roles for The Women's Hospital of Texas in Houston, Texas, as well as Bayshore Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas. Mrs. Rosenberg received both a Bachelor's Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology and a Master's Degree in Health Administration from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Job Titles:
- Director of Mental Health, Float Pool, Juvenile Hall
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- Director of Women's & Children 's Services
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- Chief Information Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Chief Information Officer Ari Entin is the Chief Information Officer at Natividad. Mr. Entin has 20 years of healthcare IT leadership experience in areas of public health and disease management. His previous experience includes leading the IT efforts of the Miami-Dade County Health Department as well as Quality Oncology in Sunrise, Florida. He served as an adjunct faculty member in the Florida International University's College of Business Administration - Master of Health Informatics Management program and Barry University's Master of Health Services Administration program. Mr. Entin received both his Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Health Service Administration from Florida International University in Miami, Florida.
Medical School: Mount Sinai in New York City Brianne Huber grew up in rural North Dakota with her parents and four brothers. She studied English and psychology at the University of North Dakota. After college, she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic. She attended medical school at Mount Sinai in New York City. Brianne's medical interests include women's health, emergency medicine, global health, and social justice. Outside of medicine, Brianne enjoys reading fiction, riding her bike, cooking, and going to baseball games.
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine Dr. Chamberlain grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. She attended San Jose State University, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology, emphasis in Systems Physiology with a minor in Chemistry. Dr. Chamberlain is a graduate of Ross University School of Medicine where she served as Honor Council President. She enjoys working with patients of all ages and being an active member in her community. Dr. Chamberlain has studied and/or lived in Mexico, Thailand, Dominica and traveled with Global Medical Brigades to Honduras, fostering her love and respect of many cultures. Dr. Chamberlain looks forward to helping her patients establish a healthy foundation to build a healthy and successful future here at Natividad Medical Center.
Job Titles:
- Director of Emergency Department
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- Member of the Board
- Supervisor
Board Member | District 3 Supervisor for Monterey County
Chris Lopez is the Supervisor to the constituents of the Third District of the County of Monterey. Lopez replaces the Trustee position previously held by longtime supervisor Simon Salinas, who retired last year. Lopez was a staff member for Salinas' office before being elected in June 2018. Supervisor Lopez was born and raised in southern Monterey County. An alum of Claremont McKenna College, he has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics. After starting as an intern with Supervisor Salinas' office, Lopez was promoted to Board Aide and then to Chief of Staff, a position he held for more than seven years before being elected to the District 3 seat when Salinas retired. Lopez has served on the boards of Youth Orchestra Salinas, Hartnell College Foundation, the Arts Council for Monterey County, the Redevelopment Oversight Boards of the cities of King City, Greenfield, Soledad, and Gonzales among many others. He currently lives in Greenfield with his wife Jazmin.
Originally from Petaluma, CA, Dr. Zaro attended college at UC Davis, majoring in human development, then medical school at Medical College of Pennsylvania, now known as Drexel University in Philadelphia. She took an experimental problem-based teaching track, learning in small group case reviews instead of lectures. After graduating, she completed residency at the Ventura County Medical Center, a program much like Natividad. She then spent almost a year travelling and volunteering in Central America with her husband. She first studied tropical medicine in Peru and used some of this knowledge in small hospitals in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Chiapas, Mexico. On return to the US in 2002, she landed in King City, CA, where she worked in a small rural hospital and community clinic until leaving to become part of the medical staff at Natividad. We have two boys, ages 8 and 11. She likes to mountain bike with her family, cook, do yoga and dance.
Job Titles:
- Chief Medical Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Craig A. Walls is the Chief Medical Officer at Natividad. His previous roles at Natividad were Medical Director of the Emergency Department, attending Emergency Physician, and Vice-Chief of the Medical Staff. Dr. Walls has worked as an emergency physician at various hospitals, including Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, California, MacNeal Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Indiana. His experience in academia includes teaching and research while serving as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and Visiting Assistant Professor of Community Health at the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and received a Medical Degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois and a Ph.D. in Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Dr. Walls is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Walls is a member of the Monterey County Medical Society Board of Directors and the Natividad Medical Foundation Board of Directors.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Chief Financial Officer Daniel Leon is the Chief Financial Officer at Natividad. Mr. Leon is a senior financial management expert with more than 20 years of experience in the health care sector. Mr. Leon is responsible for all of Natividad's financial services, including strategic financial and capital planning, procurement and supply management, revenue cycle programs for physicians and the hospital facility, debt management, rate setting & reimbursement, and financial planning. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for both for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals, was the financial and operations executive for a comprehensive oncology health system, and has successfully lead a financial turnaround for a stand-alone hospital. He received a Bachelor's Degree from California State University - Los Angeles and completed graduate coursework in Finance at the University of Laverne.
Prior to joining Natividad, Dr. Siljander served as medical director of Together Health Network (THN), a statewide network of hospitals and healthcare providers in Michigan. She has been a sports medicine and family medicine provider for more than 10 years, working at the Monterey Physicians Medical Group and MedQuan Sports Medicine, PC. Dr. Siljander is passionate about healthcare transformation initiatives that optimize patient care and experience and serves as Chief Transformation Officer at Natividad.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Board Member External Affairs Regional Director
- External Affairs Regional Director
Dr. Bettye J. Saxon currently serves as External Affairs Regional Director on the Central Coast for AT&T California. Dr. Saxon is primarily responsible for community and government relations in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties, where she has been developing and strengthening relationships with various community advocates, elected officials, community organizations and business professionals.
A resident of California for over 20 years, Dr. Saxon has worked in telecommunications for GTE and Network Solutions and the State of California, Dept. of General Service Telecommunication Division. Before joining AT&T, she served as an Education Advocate and Technology Specialist to K-12 education communities for Pacific Bell/SBC Telecommunications Inc.
Dr. Saxon has served on the boards of many community-based and educational organizations, including the American Heart Association, Junior Achievement of Northern California, and Hartnell Community College STEM programs. In addition, she currently serves as Board Chair for the California State University Monterey Bay Foundation Board. Most recently, Dr. Saxon was voted to the board of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy.
Dr. Saxon received her Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management, her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and her Doctorate in Education from the University of San Francisco in Organizations and Leadership with a focus on Technology in Education. Dr. Saxon is the proud mother of two adult children: Elisha Wilson, a graduate of Seattle University, and Andre Carpenter, a Senior Technology Specialist with Apple Inc.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Executive Team
- Ex - Officio Member Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer, Natividad Dr. Chad Harris is the CEO at Natividad. He has served as Chief Medical Officer - Quality Assurance at Natividad, Chief Medical Information Officer and Chief of Staff. He is a family medicine hospitalist and an HIV clinic provider. Dr. Harris is board certified by both the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Clinical Informatics. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University and completed his family medicine internship and residency at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center.
Dr. David J. Goldstein joined the faculty at Natividad after a three-year stint as Assistant Director of the Waukesha Family Medicine Residency in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He was also Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dr. Goldstein, who served in the U.S. Navy for 10 years, received his bachelor's degree in 1997 from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey and his M.D. in 2001 from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. Shortly after graduating, he served a one-year internship at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia. During his service in the Navy, Dr. Goldstein served as General Medical Officer at the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois; two years as Flight Surgeon at the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing Eleven Detachment, Oak Harbor, Washington; and two years as Flight Surgeon at the U.S. Navy Training Air Wing Six in Pensacola, Florida. After leaving the Navy in 2007, he served a three-year residency at the Columbia-St. Mary's Family Medicine Residency in Milwaukee. Just prior to his position at the Waukesha Family Medicine Residency, he served two years as Adult Hospitalist at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
He is a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, where he serves as chair of the Procedural Training and Hospital Medicine Group. He also chairs the Procedure Competency Task Force of the Council of Academic Family Medicine. During his time in the Navy he was awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal and the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
Dr. Jessica Goldstein, who specializes in family medicine and obstetrics, joined the Natividad staff after three years as Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin Family Medicine Residency in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Like her husband, Dr. David J. Goldstein, she served in the U.S. Navy, and was honorably discharged in July 2009. During her time in the Navy she served as Naval Flight Surgeon at Camp Pendleton in California for two years and as Naval Flight Surgeon for two more in Milton, Florida. After graduating with a bachelor's degree from the University of California Davis, Dr. Goldstein received her M.D. in 2001 from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Shortly after graduating, she served an internship at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton and trained as a flight surgeon at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola, Florida. She completed residency at Columbia St. Mary's Family Medicine Residency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a two-year fellowship at the University of New Mexico Maternal Child and Reproductive Health Fellowship in Albuquerque, New Mexico and received a Public Health Certificate from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Goldstein was honored in "Top Docs of Albuquerque for Family Practice" by Albuquerque Magazine in both 2011 and 2012. She has been awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medals, Presidential and Naval Unit Citation for OIF, National Defense Medal, and ribbons for Fleet Marine Force, Sea Service Deployment. She was also deployed in 2003 for five months to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her family medicine interests include maternal, child, reproductive and preventative healthcare, and teaching and working with the underserved. In her leisure time she loves to run and has completed 11 marathons, including first place for military women ages 20-29 at the San Diego Marathon in 2002. She is also a proud mother of three daughters.
Program Director Dr. Melissa Nothnagle joined Natividad as Family Medicine Residency Director in 2017. A native New Englander, Dr. Nothnagle first ventured west to attend medical school at UC San Francisco. She completed residency at Brown University in Rhode Island, where she then served as faculty and program director. Dr. Nothnagle earned a Master of Science in Health Professions Education from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands and has published educational research on abortion training, procedural skills training, professional identity formation and self-directed learning. Her clinical interests include reproductive health, maternal child health, and caring for Latino patients. She is fluent in Spanish and enjoys travel, vegetarian cooking, CrossFit, art history, sailing, and spending time with her husband and son.
Job Titles:
- Director of Behavioral Science
Dr. Macias is the Director of Behavioral Science, and Director of Training for doctoral level psychology interns. Originally from Los Angeles, he graduated from UC Riverside in psychology, then from UCLA with an MSW degree. He went to Harvard for a Doctoral degree in counseling and consulting psychology, where he also trained as a neuropsychologist. He has held clinical and teaching positions at Lowell Community Health Center, North Shore Children's Hospital and the Murray Research center, all in Massachusetts. Dr. Macias is also in private practice and enjoys yoga, hiking, racquetball, photography, magic, and racing at Laguna Seca. You can ask him for a ride in his race car, but you have to bring your own helmet!
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Retired Nurse
Elizabeth "Libby" Downey, a retired nurse with a long history of public service in Monterey County, has joined Natividad's Board of Trustees. Downey has been deeply involved in the community for more than 50 years. She brings a lifetime of experience as a public health nurse, business professional and community advocate to Natividad's Board of Trustees. Downey is from North Carolina, where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1960. After moving to Monterey in 1963, Downey spent much of her career in hospital nursing, public health, nursing school instruction, the Child Health, and Disability Program, and served as a Conservator of the Person appointed by the Superior Court. Downey is an avid volunteer and served on boards across Monterey County including Planned Parenthood, the Visiting Nurse Association, Rotary Club of Monterey, Hospice Foundation for the Central Coast and the Monterey County Grand Jury. She also served as a Monterey City Council Member from 2004 to 2016. Downey and her husband Wayne have lived in Monterey for 56 years. They have three adult children, Scott, Heath and Paige, and seven grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Co - Director of Community Medicine
Dr. Sanford is the Co-Director of Community Medicine. He attended medical school at UCSF and residency at UCSF-Fresno. Dedicated to the underserved, he has worked at the Berkeley free clinic and in Micronesia with the Peace Corps. He is primary care physician in the Watsonville Health Center and has done research on the lead epidemic in our community. He is a physician member for the local MediCal HMO advisory group. He enjoys astronomy, backpacking, traveling and surfing.
Board Member | President & CEO, Elizondo Educational Strategies, Inc.
Fernando Elizondo brings to the board 38 years of education experience as a classroom teacher, school site principal, central office administrator and 15 years as a superintendent of schools. Additionally, he served two terms on the Ventura Community College Board. He received his Bachelor's degree from Humboldt State, a Master's Degree from Baylor University and Doctorate from the University of Southern California.
Upon retirement as the Superintendent of Schools of the Salinas Union High School District Fernando formed an all-inclusive consulting firm Elizondo Educational Strategies, Inc. which specializes in working with school boards in the implementation of strategic planning and conducts executive searches at all levels ranging from principal to superintendent.
Fernando's involvement in the community includes serving on the Board of Directors for the Monterey County Literacy Coalition, a Commissioner on the Monterey County Community Action Commission and a member of Marina Redevelopment Agency Successor Oversight Board.
Job Titles:
- Instructor
- Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. During My Time in Medical School, I
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- Member of the Executive Team
- Assistant Administrator, People Services
Chief People Operations Officer Janine Bouyea is the Assistant Administrator, People Services at Natividad. Ms. Bouyea is responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources Department, Hospital Education, Employee Health, Staffing Resources, Payroll, Records & Retention, and Volunteer Services. She previously worked in the Human Resources Department of the Monterey County Administrative Office before transferring to a management role in the Human Resources Department at Natividad. Ms. Bouyea received a Master's Degree in Human Resources Management from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources from San Jose State University.
Job Titles:
- Director of the Acute Rehabilitation Unit
Manuel Osorio has dedicated most of his life to public service. Committed to further enhancing community college education programs, Osorio spent 34 years serving Cabrillo Community College. There, he served as the vice president/assistant superintendent of student services, dean of student services, and as a counselor. Osorio holds a bachelor's in psychology from UCSC and master's in counseling education from San Jose State University. His passion, combined with his extensive experience, has given him a deep understanding of the needs of the students, staff, and community members. Osorio has served on numerous educational boards, most recently the Hartnell Community College Board of Trustees and previously the North Monterey County Unified School District and Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees; as well as on the community boards of United Way, Cultural Council, YMCA, Rotary Club and North County LULAC.
Job Titles:
- Ex - Officio Member Chief of Medical Staff, Natividad Associate Program Director, Natividad Family Medicine Residency
Assistant Program Director Dr. Tunzi grew up in the small town of Spreckels, about five miles from Salinas. After graduating from Santa Clara University in 1980 and the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine in 1984, he completed a Family Medicine Residency at the UCSF-Fresno program in 1987. Together with his family physician wife, Dr. Danielle Acton, Dr. Tunzi spent two years at the Indian Health Service Hospital in Crow Agency, Montana and four years at a community/migrant health center practice in Twin Falls, Idaho, before returning to Salinas to join the faculty at Natividad in 1993. He was our Program Director from 2000 to 2005. Dr. Tunzi's special medical interests are medical ethics and behavioral issues, though he really sees himself as a true family physician generalist more than anything else. Dr. Tunzi is in the middle of a Master's Program in Bioethics that is his passion. Dr. Tunzi's family includes two daughters and one son, all in college. He tries to amuse himself, the residents, and the rest of the staff by speaking in various accents or by whistling his way around the hospital.
Dr. Tunzi grew up in the small town of Spreckels, about five miles from Salinas. After graduating from Santa Clara University and the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, he completed residency at the UCSF-Fresno program. Together with his family physician wife, Dr. Danielle Acton, Dr. Tunzi spent two years at the Indian Health Service Hospital in Crow Agency, Montana and four years at a community/migrant health center practice in Twin Falls, Idaho, before returning to Salinas to join the faculty at Natividad, where he was our Program Director from 2000-2005 and 2009-2011. Dr. Tunzi's special medical interests are medical ethics and behavioral health. You can find him attending on the inpatient family medicine service, caring for patients at Natividad Medical Group and at Dorothy's Place, a local homeless services agency, and doing ethics consults in the hospital. He speaks Italian and Spanish. He has three grown children-a lawyer who does hospital compliance work, a newly-minted PhD in Education whose thesis was on how youth learn about bias and racism, and a 2nd-year cardiology fellow in the Air Force,- and three grandchildren ages 7, 4, and 1 1/2.. He is looking forward, once again, to amusing himself, the residents, and the rest of the staff by whistling his way around the hospital without a mask!
Vice Chair | CPA & Shareholder, Jeffrey Wriedt & Co.
For over 23 years, Marcia Atkinson has been a CPA and shareholder with Jeffrey Wriedt & Co., a local company with a concentration in accounting and tax services for small businesses, individuals and non-profits. Marcia received her Master of Science degree in Taxation from San Jose State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with an Accountancy Option, from California State University, Fresno. Her professional affiliations include memberships in the California State Board of Accountancy, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and Cal Society of CPAs as technical reviewer of educational materials. Marcia has an exemplary record of volunteer service to our community. Her current community service includes Entre Nous Society, Gathering for Women, Loaves and Fishes, San Carlos Cathedral and SpectorDance.
Dr. Calzetta was born in Salinas and grew-up in Monterey County. He attended University of California Santa Cruz, then medical school at University of Southern California. He completed an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics ("MedPeds") residency at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans, then returned to Salinas and signed on to work and teach at Natividad. It's great to be back home!
Job Titles:
- Director of Cardiovascular Services
Dr. Perez-Lopez, a Salinas native who graduated from Alisal High School, is distinguished with honors, scholarships, and academic recognitions. She received her medical degree from Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island. She completed her residency at the Family Medicine Residency Program at Natividad, where she was named Chief Resident in 2005 and was awarded the department's Hannon-Lauderdale Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance in Residency. She then completed an Obstetrical Fellowship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. Dr. Perez-Lopez says her educational background offered outstanding opportunities, but her goal was always to return to the community she knows and loves to be a family physician. Dr. Perez-Lopez is fluent in English and Spanish. Dr. Perez-Lopez is also the vice chair of the board of directors of the Natividad Medical Foundation, which is dedicated to philanthropically supporting Natividad in its mission to provide health care access to all patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Job Titles:
- President
- Secretary and Treasurer President and Dean, Monterey College of Law
Mitchel has served as President and Dean of the Monterey College of Law since 2005. Over the past 10 years, he has engaged as a community leader in the improvement of higher education in the Monterey Bay area. Prior to coming to the Central Coast, Mitchel served in a variety of administrative and education roles for several statewide professional law offices in Texas. Mitchel received a Bachelor's of Arts from the University of the Pacific and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center.
Job Titles:
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Chief Nursing Officer Nancy Buscher is the Chief Nursing Officer at Natividad. Mrs. Buscher previously served as CNO/Vice President of Patient Care at Three Rivers Health in Three Rivers, Michigan, was Interim Director of Telemetry and IMCU at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and Interim Director of multiple units at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, California. She also was a member of the Adjunct Faculty in the Doctorate of Healthcare Administration at the University of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona. Mrs. Buscher received a Doctorate Degree in Nursing Leadership from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois, a Master's Degree in Nursing Administration from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Nazareth College in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Job Titles:
- Director of ICU, Medical / Surgical / IMC
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- Co - Director of Community Medicine
As Co-Director of Community Medicine, Ms. Tirado has created an integrated Community Medicine curriculum. She holds masters degrees in Social Work, Nutrition and Education. Before joining the faculty, Sally served as a medical social worker at Natividad and as a consultant on cross- cultural health. Her background includes community organizing, labor management work with the United Farm Workers, health education, and ESL teacher. As a private practice psychotherapist, she focuses on domestic violence, women's issues and mind/body therapies. Sally is also a recognized screenwriter and has won international film festival awards. Her other special interests are dance, cross-country skiing and hiking.
Simón Salinas is a former Salinas City councilmember, Monterey County supervisor representing Salinas and South County and a former state assemblymember. Before his public service career, he was a professor at Hartnell College and a sixth-grade teacher. In 1989, Salinas was elected as the first Mexican American to serve on the Salinas City Council. During his tenure, he served as mayor pro tem and was elected to represent District One on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, where he became the first Mexican American to serve on the board in over 100 years.
In 2000, he was elected to the California State Assembly as the representative of the 28 th District. His impressive record in the Assembly included passing legislation that addressed public safety, affordable housing, agriculture, healthcare, government transparency, education, transportation and local government. Raised on the Central Coast, Salinas understands the unique challenges the agricultural community members face. Salinas has one son, and advocates for all children to have access to first-class public education from kindergarten through college.
Job Titles:
- Ex - Officio Member County Administrative Officer for County of Monterey
Sonia M. De La Rosa stepped into the CAO position in January 2023 following a long-standing career with the County of Fresno, where her hard work brought forward many improvements to services which have enhanced the lives of the residents there. She has extensive experience working with challenging issues such as homelessness, supporting victims of crime and law enforcement. The first Latina County of Monterey CAO, De La Rosa was raised in Monterey County and has maintained her roots in the community. She is the product of parents who worked in the fields of the Salinas Valley who instilled in her a deep value of hard work and dedication. De La Rosa has a track record of strong leadership both inside and outside of government and brings her love of public service to her role. She received a dual Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology and Chicano Latino Studies from the California State University Fresno in 1998.
Job Titles:
- Director of Nursing Education & Simulation
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- Interim Director Surgical Services
Dr. Mills says, "I love being a Family Physician, but love teaching family medicine even more!" He joined the Residency in 2014 after being part of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine at Santa Rosa since 1986. He directs the Geriatrics and In Patient Family Medicine Rotations, and Faculty Development. Prior to joining Natividad, as a Program Director, he developed a new Kaiser Permanente residency in Santa Rosa and new medical student programs for UCSF and Touro Medical Schools. As Deputy Director for the Sutter Santa Rosa program, he founded an Integrative Medicine Fellowship, PCMH Ambulatory Care Curriculum, and Performance Improvement Primer/Curriculum. He serves on the CAFP Board of Directors, is Vice Chair of the CAFP Statewide Medical Education Committee, as well as the Resident and Medical Student Affairs Committee. He was Co-Director of the UCSF Northern California Faculty Development Fellowship. Dr Mills attended Notre Dame, UCSD Medical School, and UCLA-Santa Monica FM Residency, earning a Master's of Medical Management from the American College of Physician Executive's University of Southern California program in July 2002; Fellow of ACPE (FACPE) in 2005; President, CEO, and Medical Director in several medical groups; CMO for a nine site FQHC; CAQ in Geriatrics; American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine being a certified meditation instructor and founder Northern California Center for Well-Being; AAFP Residency Solutions Business Consultant. Dr Mills has spoken nationally on residency innovation, finding balance and joy in a medical life, and the Patient Centered Medical Home.