Our Governance Structure

Executive Director at Northern California Center for Wellbeing

Karissa Moreno is an innovative leader with over two decades of non-profit management and almost fifteen years of progressive health care leadership. Moreno earned her BA in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara and her Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. She is passionately committed to eliminating socioeconomic and health disparities in our communities, and she approaches whole person wellness through a social justice and health equity lens. In 2018 she joined the Northern California Center for Well-Being as their Executive Director, and in 2020 she was recognized as a Nonprofit Leader by the North Bay Business Journal. Moreno has been instrumental in expanding the growth of the Center's CHW Center of Excellence, and their current scope of work includes CHW Core Competency Training, CHW Monthly Network Meeting, CHW Clinical Integration Pilots, and more!

Program Director at LGBTQ Connection

“My name is Solicia Aguilar, I go by any pronoun, I’m Two Spirit/ Indigiqueer and I’m the Program Director of LGBTQ Connection. When I think about our LGBTQ+ community, it brings about the way I live through my own queer and cultural identity. Knowing that everyday there is intention behind honoring our past, our present and our future. I am truly grateful to work within a team that strives to uplift our community and support the wisdom given by our LGBT elders, the connection shared by our peers and the inspiration drawn from our youth. Where we are encouraged to remember who we are and where we come from. That we all have our own stories, our own cultures and our own identities and that we are to be celebrated.“

Director of Behavioral Health and Well-Being at Sonoma County Office of Education

Tyson has worked for the past 15 years in the Sonoma County school system, where he has focused on supporting students in special education, disrupting harmful and biased discipline practices, creating safe and nurturing school environments, and helping the school community through crises and natural disasters. In his current role as Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Sonoma County Office of Education, Tyson leads a team that strives to improve mental health, wellbeing, and educational outcomes for all public school students, families, and staff in Sonoma County. He believes that by prioritizing those situated farthest from opportunity, and partnering with districts and community stakeholders to provide culturally responsive and inclusive mental health and wellness support, we can increase protective factors and overall outcomes.

Executive Director at First 5 Sonoma County

Angie Dillon-Shore has served as the executive director of First 5 Sonoma County since 2016, guiding strategic investments in local early childhood programs and systems. She has over 30 years of experience in the fields of human services and education and has earned master’s degrees in counseling psychology and special education. Prior to coming to First 5, Angie spent much of her career working in community-based settings, including Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County, where she oversaw school readiness, parent education, school health, housing and youth development programs. Throughout her career, she has been inspired by the resilience of the children, youth and families she has had the privilege to serve. Working across sectors – public education, nonprofit and government – has taught her that to solve social problems, communities must prioritize investing in prevention, addressing structural inequality and eliminating gaps in opportunity, especially for young children. Angie lives in Guerneville with her wife, Nancy and their two French Bulldogs. In her free time, she loves kayaking the Russian River, playing with her grandson, and dancing to live music.

Community Leader and Executive Director of SOS Community Counseling and Director of Resilient Cloverdale

Becky has worked in the nonprofit sector for 25 years, predominantly in the area of mental health/health wellness.

Becky is an advocate for those who are under resourced and treated unfairly because of their innate characteritics. Becky is also passionate about physical/mental health because positive mental health is a human right.

Becky enjoys stand-up comedy, reading books, and learning about new topics. She practices daily meditation an enjoys bluegrass music, among many other kinds. Becky is a single mother of a bi-racial child who humbles her daily.

Chief Executive Officer at Sonoma County Humane Society

Cynthia has over 20 years of experience in the public and non-profit building programs and data systems that facilitate systems change. After completing UC Berkeley’s dual degree program with an MPH in Maternal and Child Health and an MSW in Medical Social Work she spent 9 years as an Data and Evaluation Analyst at Alameda County Social Services Agency, moving to Sonoma County Human Services for a year at Upstream Investments. Through work in county and non-profit agencies over the past 20 years, she has developed expertise program development, data analysis, inter-agency collaboration, and strategic planning for sustainable outcomes that amplify the wellbeing of all.  With years of experience in human service and a master’s in social work and public health from UC Berkeley, Cynthia’s work ethic is grounded in compassion, empathy, and connection, and steeped in values of love, joy, and justice.

Regional Director Sonoma/Napa at Buckelew Programs

Erika is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Regional Director for Sonoma and Napa at Buckelew Programs and a clinician at Sonoma Therapy Network. Her career started as an Insurance Broker, assisting clients with health concerns, claims issues and navigating the healthcare system. Since then, Erika has developed community partnerships throughout Sonoma County, supported community analysis of barriers and challenges, and supported the establishment of shared community practices that increase access to care. Working for many years in the community, she has led several projects in the community that increase support for providers and first responders and community to access to behavioral health care (e.g., substance use, mental health, social determinants of health). Erika studied at SRJC, graduated with a degree in psychology from Sonoma State University and received a Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from CSU-Long Beach.

Community Engagement Manager at the Office of Equity County of Sonoma

Rubyd is a proud, unapologetic, DACAmented immigrant from Mexico who was raised in California.

In her previous role, she led community outreach for one of the largest rental assistance programs in the country to ensure residents stayed housed. She also led a resident leadership table with community members and leaders to build a bold permanent affordable housing solution. Additionally, she worked for Riverside County as a Housing Specialist where she assisted farm and service workers by replacing their substandard mobile homes with new ones.

As undergrad, Rubyd contributed to establishing the first UC wide Undocumented Student Coalition that helped unlock five million dollars for undocumented student resources, and was a research assistant for the Harvard UnDacmented Research Project. 

Rubyd recognizes her privilege and responsibility to work with the community to advance equity and is excited to learn more from the community. In her free time, she enjoys being in nature.

Director of Community Services at Sonoma Community Action Network (Sonoma CAN)

Prior to joining Sonoma CAN, Beth led the Population Health Department at Aliados Health, a coalition of community health centers located in a six-county region in Northern California. She also spent more than 25 years consulting for health care systems, community health centers, and universities throughout the country. Her consulting work includes community health improvement planning, strategic and business planning, and new health professional training programs. Beth also held strategic planning and business development positions at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Sutter Health. Beth earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Pennsylvania State University and recently received a Master of Applied Science in Population Health Management at Johns Hopkins University.

Associate Director at On The Move

“When I am in my community you can find me walking around town with Winnie Cooper, my beloved pit bull. Winnie and I spend all of our free time together exploring trails, talking with neighbor dogs and dreaming about our next adventure.

I am stepping up to lead because I believe we all have a reasonability to work together and support each other. I want to live in a world where everyone has equal access to what they need, where children and young adults are empowered to use their voices and where everyone can feel safe. I am stepping up to lead because I have a role to play in the world I want to live in!”

Student/Youth Leader

Hello everybody, my name is Lizbeth Vazquez (Liz for short). I am a senior at Montgomery High School. One thing I’ve enjoyed about Health Action Together is their want for equality and inclusion when it comes to health. Not everyone comes from the same background and health care is not a one size fits all, what works for someone may not work for someone else. As a youth, I feel like our needs are not met and most goals when it comes to health are only focused on older adults and small children. Growing up in an area with a lack of resources and being part of Health Action Together has inspired me to use my voice for those you can not or are too scared to do so. I care a lot about the education of people, especially when it comes to health given that there are many people I know and have seen people who do not know anything regarding health. As a youth, our health is not taken as seriously since adults usually blame it on “growing up” or “hormones”, when the problem is much deeper than that. Many people I know, including myself, carry the burden of being the first born and the highest educated in their home. Being there for everyone but no one being there for you.