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Our National Community Advisory Board (NCAB) represents the voices of the communities Kaiser Permanente serves. The NCAB provides a diversity of input on a wide range of issues related to the KP Research Bank’s role in public health. Members of our advisory board also sit on the Access Review Committee (ARC), which reviews research applications.

Members from all eight Kaiser Permanente regions are represented, as are the voices of advocacy, environmental and community-based health groups, community leaders, social safety-net providers, labor and public health organizations, academic institutions, and others.

If you are interested in learning more about our NCAB and/or potentially becoming a member, please contact us.

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Bart Aronoff, MAT, MPH

Hawaii State Department of Health (retired); KPHI Patient and Family Centered Care (KP Hawaii)

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Will Cates, MBA (he/him)

Denver-based transgender community leader; healthcare equity strategist and consultant (KP Colorado)

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Shannon Crowell, RN, MSN, MHA, CPHQ, C-ONQS

Quality and Patient Safety Manager at Sharp Grossmont Hospital San Diego, Patient for Patient Safety (PFPS) United States Champion, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses Accountability, Belonging and Inclusion Member (KP Southern California)

Sara Hendricks

Sara Hendricks

Biotech/Pharma Process Engineer (retired); former President of the Mountain States Chapter of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA); Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center (RMMSC) Fundraiser, MS Warrior 40+ years

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Annie Iriye, MD, MPH

KPWA Ob-Gyn (retired); KPWA Olympia Medical Center Director (retired); South Puget Sound Community College Foundation Board; local Medical Reserve and Free Clinic volunteer (KP Washington)

Dawn Koehler

Dawn Koehler

Social Work Student, Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, KP Hawaii Patient and Family Centered Care Advisor; On Target Diabetes Management Panel Member; KP Women of Color/BIPOC Advisor (KP Hawaii). Connect for Cancer Research Advisory Board, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Native Hawaiian Advocate (KP Hawaii)

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Nihar Koppolu

Undergraduate student at OHSU-PSU completing degree in Bioinformatics and applying to medical school; Neurocomputing research intern at Teuscher Lab (KP Northwest)

Santiago Marquez

Santiago Marquez

CEO, Latin American Association; started the first housing department focusing on Hispanic community members in Atlanta, GA and implemented a Latino outreach strategy in multiple Boys & Girls Clubs across the country (KP Georgia)

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Stephen Rivera, MBA

Assistant Manager, Ambulatory Care: Neurology/EEG/Sleep, LAMC Latinx@KP Business Resource Group: Strategic Partnership Ambassador – Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR); National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives (NALHE); NALHE SCAL Chapter Board Member – Chair of ERG Partnerships (KP Southern California)

Mercilla Ryan-Harris, MPH

Mercilla Ryan-Harris, MPH

Co-Founder and Director of Operations, BLKHLTH; health equity advocate (KP Georgia)

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Monique Tinsley

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Winnie Wong, MA

Sr. Strategic Account Manager, SEIU 775 Benefits Group; Member, KP Washington Consumer Advisory Committee; Past Board Member, APACEvotes; KPRB Access Review Committee Community Reviewer (KP Washington)

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