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Colleen McShea

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Milemarkers
  • Director / CEO, Milemarkers
  • Member of the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association
Colleen is the CEO of Milemarkers, a "one stop shop" providing a broad spectrum of therapeutic services to individuals with disabilities and their families. Milemarkers' services foster independence, promote close family relationships, build life skills, and create opportunities for adults and children with disabilities to increase functional independence. Colleen is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and served for six years on the Lake Havasu Chamber of Commerce Foundation for Education and Leadership Development. Her career and work emphasize high-level entrepreneurial management and growth strategies to create operational excellence for organizations of any size.

Gloria D. Coronado

Job Titles:
  • National Leader
  • President / Associate Director of Population Science, University of Arizona Cancer Center
Gloria is a national leader in research on affordable, long-term solutions to health disparity issues. She leads a well-funded research portfolio that inspires health system leaders to make sensible, evidence-informed choices to engage hard-to-reach populations in life-saving preventive behaviors. Dr. Coronado has developed several innovative, cost-effective interventions to improve rates of participation in cancer screening among patients served by community health centers. Over the course of her career, Dr. Coronado has led over 35 federally funded grants and has published over 180 peer reviewed manuscripts. She currently serves as a Committee member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Improving the Representation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Trials and Research.

Matthew "Matteo" Banegas

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer / Associate Professor, University of California San Diego
Mateo is an Associate Professor at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Banegas' research is focused on understanding the delivery, costs, and value of health care, and on improving health equity among underserved populations. Currently, he is leading a study to test whether financial navigation can reduce financial hardship among people who have been diagnosed with