Board of Directors & Leadership Team

Leadership Team

Anita Aguirre, MPH

Chief Executive Officer

Anita Aguirre, MPH, began at SCCH as the CEO in January 2024 and has spent her career supporting...

Casey KirkHart, DO – Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer

A Long Beach native, Casey attended UC Berkeley, where he studied biology and sociology....

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...

Philippa Barron

Chief Operating Officer

Philippa Barron is SCCHC’s Chief Operating Officer. She holds an MBA and an MPH from UC Berkeley...

Ignacio Perez

Chief Financial Officer

Ignacio has over 20 years experience in the healthcare industry with a focus on expansion and long...

Nicole Bussing

Chief Human Resources Officer

Nicole Bussing is SCCH’s Chief Human Resources Officer. She holds a Master of Science...

Dena Loijos

Chief Strategy and Impact Officer

Dena Loijos, MPH is the Santa Cruz Community Health Centers’ Chief Strategy and Impact...

Jorge A. Ovando Zalapa

Chief Information Officer

Jorge is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience working in healthcare, higher...

Julio Porro, MD

Board Chair

Julio was born in Manzanillo, Cuba, and immigrated with his parents to the U.S. in 1971 at 6 years...

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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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Bill Leland

Secretary

Born in San Francisco, 14 years on the East Coast through college in Massachusetts, then back to...

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Kimberly Hallinan

Board Treasurer

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Linda Alves

Linda is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master's degree in Public Policy from UC...

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Joyce Brown

I was born in Mississippi, where our family lived and worked as day laborers until I was 12 years...

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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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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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Andrew Goldenkranz

Andrew has lived in Santa Cruz County since 1986. A veteran public educator and public health...

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Colleen McLaughlin

Colleen McLaughlin is a Santa Cruz native. She has her master's in social work from the...

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