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Yolanda J. Partida, MSW, MPA

Ms. Partida is the owner and manager of TPG. She has health care experience in public/teaching and private hospital administration, public policy and public health administration. As Senior Manager for The Lewin Group, a national health research, policy and management consulting firm, Ms. Partida worked on a variety of project related to the uninsured and safety net providers.

• Is working with an Institute of Medicine, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health committee to study effective health communication and behavior change strategies for diverse populations. The overall goal of this study is to develop recommendations that will increase the efficacy of public health communication and behavior change interventions targeted toward culturally and demographically divergent populations.
• Conducted a feasibility study for a $50 million Border Health Institute in El Paso funded by the state of Texas and made recommendations for the design, functions, structure, governance and financing of research institute focused on border health. (April 2000)
• Conducted a business case analysis of safety net providers using care management strategies for the uninsured. Prepared a companion how to guide for program development. (December 2000).

As Deputy Director of Community Health for the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, Ms. Partida was responsible for overseeing a variety of personal and public health programs, over 800 employees and a $137 million budget. San Diego County relies on a private sector delivery network for indigent health and has special challenges because of its proximity to Mexico. Ms. Partida worked with public health officials in Mexico to implement cross-border public health strategies for a bi-national community of nearly 5 million people.

As Assistant Director of Ambulatory Care for the Fresno County Health Services Agency, Ms. Partida was responsible for county operated hospital-based clinics and decentralized community health centers that served ethnically diverse urban and rural populations. While working as Assistant Hospital Administrator for Valley Medical Center, a public hospital, Ms. Partida worked with the local community college to develop a hospital-based Interpreter Training Program to define the role of interpreter, improve interpreter competency, and train staff on how to use interpreters. Her work with the County concluded with the merger of the public hospital and a local not for profit hospital system.

As Director of Social Services at Valley Children's Hospital in Fresno, California, Ms Partida was involved with redefining hospital policies and practices to deal with a large influx of Southeast Asian refugees from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. Her department received a distinguished service award from the Laos Family Council for the department's work with newly arrived refugees.

Other Staff:

Emma K. Tsui

Marjorie Janvier

Ngoc Bui-Tong

Alaina Dall