Cultural Competence Leadership Fellowship Class 1
2005-2006

 Action Learning Projects

Rita Adeniran, RN, MSN, CMAC
Global Nurse Ambassador
University of Pennsylvania
The School of Nursing
Philadelpia, PA 

Beverley Anderson, MS
Director, Community Education, CRFC
Harris Methodist HEB Hospital
Texas Health Resources
Bedford, TX 

Detria Austin, MHSA
Assistant Vice President
MCG Health, Inc.
Augusta, GA

Gloria Boone, MPH
Scientist, Medicine and Public Health
American Medical Association
Chicago, IL

Lanetta Bronte, MD, MPH
Director, Sickle Cell Services
Memorial Regional Hospital
Hollywood, FL 

Adelita Gonzales Cantu, PhD, RN
Clinical Instructor and Associate Professor
University of Texas Health
Science School of Nursing
San Antonio, TX 
 
Karethy Edwards, DRPH, ARNP, BC
Professor
University of Oklahoma
College of Nursing
Oklahoma City, OK

Mary Elsner
Consumer Marketing Manager
Eli Lilly & Company
Indianapolis, IN

Gabriela Flores, MSM
Director, Interpreter Services
Truman Medical Services
Kansas City, MO 

Ron Graybill, PhD
Director, Community Outreach Department
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA 

Kent Guion, MD, MA
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA 

Kathy Hallinin, MA
Consumer Marketing Associate
Eli Lilly & Company
Indianapolis, IN 

Jorge Juarez
Diversity Manager
Northwest Community Hospital
Arlington Heights, IL 

Mrunalini Kini, MSW, MS
HR Consultant
Texas Health Resources
Arlington, TX 

Simone-Marie Meeks, MS
Communications / Policy Advisor for Communty Health
Nassau County Department of Health
Hempstead, NY 

Renee Allen Mitchell, LCSW, ABD
President & CEO
The Center for Rapid Recovery, Inc.
Hempstead, NY 

Beverly Sourjohn Patchell, RN, MS, CNS
Project Director
University of Oklahoma
College of Nursing
Oklahoma City, OK

Norma Martinez Rogers, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Clinical
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX 

Juana Spears Slade
Director of Diversity
AnMed Health
Anderson, SC 

Deidra Turner, MA
Manager, Corporate Diversity and Inclusion
Memorial Hospital of South Bend
South Bend, IN 

Deborah Washington, RN, MSN
Director, Patient Care Services Diversity
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 

Brian Williams-Norgaard, MA
Director of Diversity & Inclusion
Texas Health Resources
Arlington, TX