Volunteer Leadership

Compassion & Choices Board of Directors

Jerri Shaw, MRP – Chair 

Chandana Banerjee, MD, MPA, HDMC – First Vice Chair 

Leslie Rowley, PhD, MBA – Second Vice Chair 

Elaine Charney, JD – Secretary 

Jill Gordon, MBA – Treasurer 

Jeff Gardere, PhD, ABPP 

Satheesh Gunaga, DO, FACEP, FACOEP 

Nancy Hoyt, MA 

Irene V. Jackson-Brown, PhD, CSA, CMC, CDP 

Joél Simone Maldonado 

Rev. Madison T. Shockley II  

Kevin Díaz, JD – President and CEO, ex officio

Compassion & Choices Action Network Board of Directors

David Cook, MTh, JD – Chair 

Vincent Wiraatmadja – Secretary 

Karen Pye, MPH – Treasurer 

Debbi Gibbs, M Arch 

Jill Gordon, MBA 

Nancy Hoyt, MA 

Samantha Sandler, MSW 

Mark Weideman, JD

Kevin Díaz, JD – President and CEO, ex officio

African American Leadership Council

Bobbie Alexander, MBA

Dr. Gregory Bolden

Angela Braggs

Dr. DeLon Canterbury

James Farnum, MBA

Ashley Johnson

Channte’ Keith

Joél Simone Maldonado

Reverend Charles W. McNeill, Jr.

Ottamissiah “Missy” Moore

Beverly Morgan

Shawn Perry

Reverend Madison Shockley

Shaleka Smith

Ricardo D. Thomas

Ayana Woods, MPH

Aerica Worrell

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Leadership Council

Semoon Chang

Jasbir Chowdhary

Nishtha Goel

Ben de Guzman

Dr. Trina Nahm-Mijo

Dr. Mitsuo Tomita

Latino Leadership Council

Luis Aceves

Father Luis Barrios

Pastor Sergio Camacho

Reverend Dr. Ignacio Castuera

Nilsa Centeno

Guillermo Chacon

The Hon. Rebecca Chavez-Houck

Dr. Yanira Cruz

Dan Diaz

María Teresa Estrella

Jairo Guzmán

Dr. Carlos Hernández-Torres

Dolores Huerta

Jorge Lambrinos

Maria Lemus

Irisaida ‘Isa’ Mendez

Mauricio Ochmann

Hanna Olivas

Silverio Pérez

Dr. Paulina Sosa-Quintanilla

Dr. Jaime R. Torres

Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras

Healthcare Advisory Council

Venerable Zhiyun Cai, 

PhD, BCC, PCHAC

Lisa Deal, RN, MPH, ScD

Curt Eschels, MAc, MST

Michael D. Fratkin, 

MD, FAAHPM

Heather Frucci, BCPA

Amy Reese Hohmann

Jiewen (Janice) Huang, 

LCSW, EdD Candidate

Lolita Melhado, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

Cristina Grisham Montanez, M.A., C.P.C.,

Karen Morin, RN

Dr. Mitsuo Tomita

Yelena Zatulovsky, LCAT, MA, MT-BC, CCLS, HPMT, 

HEC-C, DBe(c)

LGBTQ+ Leadership Council

Florrie Burke

Stella Dawson 

Phil Duran

Carrie Framsted

Jim Kelly

Blake Oshiro

Kelly Rice

Deb Robertson

Barb Timper

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