The Policy Café brings together health centers, policymakers, community leaders, researchers and other partners for timely discussions on the issues impacting the health care landscape. From the state budget and Medi-Cal to federal policy and discussions on issues impacting the health of our communities, the series drives dialogue on today’s hot topics. No podium. No PowerPoint. Just frank conversation.
Policy Café Event Sponsorship Information
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For information on bundled sponsorship of CCALAC events, view our Sponsor and Exhibitor Prospectus. Please email akim@ccalac.org with questions about bundled sponsorships.
For information on upcoming Policy Cafe events, click here.
Thank you to our current Policy Café Sponsors:
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2024 Policy Café Speakers
State Senator María Elena Durazo, District 26 Chris Hoene, Executive Director, California Budget Center -
2023 Policy Café Speakers
State Senator Caroline Menjivar, District 20 Amanda Flaum, Vice President of Medicaid Line of Business for California and Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente Arif Shaikh, Director, Medi-Cal Line of Business, Kaiser Permanente Toby Douglas, Senior Vice President Medicaid, Kaiser Permanente Jackie Contreras, Ph.D., Director of LA County Department of Public Social Services -
2022 Policy Café Speakers
Sandra Hernández, MD, President & CEO, California Health Care Foundation Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California Stephanie Landrum-Hall, Senior Manager of Community Grants and Public Affairs, Health Net Cary Sanders, Senior Policy Director, CPEHN -
2021 Policy Café Speakers
Mayra E. Alvarez, President and CEO, The Children’s Partnership State Senator Lena Gonzalez, District 33 Martha Guzman Aceves, CPUC Commissioner Craig Thompson, CEO of APLA Health Mario Perez, Director of Division of HIV and STD Programs at LADPH -
2020 Policy Café Speakers
Dr. Gary Segura, Dean, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37) Heidi Marston, Executive Director of LAHSA -
2019 Policy Café Speakers
Jim Hickman, MBA, CEO of Center for Youth Wellness Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager-Dove, District 54 Kim Belshé, MPP, Executive Director of First 5 LA Senator Holly Mitchell, Senate District 30, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee -
2018 Policy Café Speakers
Mark Schuster, MD, PhD, Founding Dean and CEO, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Clare Fox, Executive Director, Los Angeles Food Policy Council Phil Ansell, Director, Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative Dr. Maritza Cabezas, DDS, MPH, Dental Director, Los Angeles Department of Public Health Oral Health Program -
Previous Speakers
Bob Baxter, Chief of the LIHP Implementation Section, CADHCS
Erica Murray, Senior Vice President, California Association of Public Hospitals
John Wallace, Chief Operating Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan
David Panush, Director of Government Affairs, Covered California
Lucy Quacinella, Founder and Principal, Multiforum Advocacy Solutions
Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California
Assembly Member Matthew Dababneh
Howard Kahn, CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan
Kim Belshé, Senior Policy Advisor the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
Sandra Shewry, California Healthcare Foundation’s Director of State Health Policy
Dr. Peter Long, Blue Shield of California Foundation
Dr. Paul Song, Visiting Fellow with the Office of the California Insurance Commissioner
Dr. Mitchell Katz, Director, LA County Department of Health Services
Burt Margolin, President of the Margolin Group
Dr. Shana Lavarreda, Director of Health Insurance Studies, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Judith Solomon, Vice President for Health Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Senator Ed Hernandez, O.D.
Dr. Beatriz Solis, The California Endowment
Toby Douglas, California Department of Health Care Services
Andy Schneider JD, Medicaid Policy, LLC
Senator Carol Liu
Assembly Member Mike Eng JD
Sarah Varney, Health Reporter for KQED Radio
Richard Kipling, Managing Editor at the Center for Health Reporting
Herb K. Schultz, Regional Director, US Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. E. Richard Brown, Director UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Robert Hertzberg, California Forward
Jean Ross, California Budget Project
David Holtzman, President, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles
Brendan Huffman, Huffman Public Affairs
Xavier Becerra, U.S. Representative, CA District 34
Dan Castillo, Chief Executive Officer, LAC+USC Medical Center
Holly Mitchell, Senator, District 30
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, LA County Supervisor, District 3
Zev Yaroslavsky, LA County Supervisor, District 3 (ret.)
Hilda Solis, LA County Supervisor, District 1
Gabrielle Lessard, Health Policy Attorney, National Immigration Law Center
Reshma Shamasunder, Executive Director, California Immigrant Policy Center
Jayanth Kumar, DDS, MPH California State Dental Director
Jennifer Kent, MPA, Director of California Department of Health Care Services
Ricardo Lara, California State Senator
Cynthia Buiza, Executive Director of the California Immigrant Policy Center
Clemens Hong, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Community Health Improvement, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Dr. Ed Hernandez, MD, California State Senator
David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Rusty Selix, J.D., Executive Director for Public Policy and Legislative Advocate for Mental Health America of California
Karen Baylor, Ph.D., Deputy Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders for the Department of Health Care Services
Representative Judy Chu, District 27
Beth H. Parker, Chief Legal Counsel of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
Sue Dunlap, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
Ninez Ponce, Ph.D., MPP, Associate Center Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, District 51
Ana Grande, MAH, Associate Executive Director, Clínica Msr. Oscar A. Romero
Betzabel Estudillo, MSW, Senior Policy Manager, Health and Public Benefits, California Immigrant Policy Center
