Acknowledgements

The ICE for Health Cultural and Linguistic Work Group would like to acknowledge the individuals listed below for the knowledge they shared in the creation of the materials for the tool kit. Each member contributed their time, experience and skills to the process of developing and testing the resources contained in this kit.

Peggy Payne MA, CDE
ICE C&L Chair,
Editor coordinator/team
Director of Diversity & Mbr.Ed.
SCAN Health Plan®
Long Beach CA 90801

Diana Carr, MA
Tool Kit Work Group Chair,
Editor coordinator/team
Cultural and Linguistic Specialist
Health Net of California, Inc.
Pasadena, CA 91106

Nhu-Hao T. Duong, MBA
Tool Kit Team Lead
Director, Customer Service
CalOptima
Orange, CA 92868

Janie Tyre MPA
Tool Kit Team Lead
VP Marketing and Mbr. Services
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
San Jose, CA

Regina Ziashari, MPH, CHES
Tool Kit Team Lead
Cultural & Linguistics Specialist
Care1st Health Plan
Alhambra, CA 91803

Tina Vu
Senior Health Education/C&L Coordinator UHP Healthcare
Inglewood, CA 90303

Nancy C. Walker
Manager, QI
Blue Cross of California
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Susana Razo MPA,
Health Education &
Cultural and Linguistic Manager
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
San Jose, CA
Margie Akin, PhD
Editor team
Cultural and Linguistic Specialist
Molina Health Care, Colton, CA
Associate Research Anthropologist
University of California, Riverside

Claudia Brauer
Editor team/layout
Senior Quality Compliance Analyst
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
Miami, FL 33122

Amy Bussian Bennett
Director, Medicare/Medicaid
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Chicago, IL 60601

Smita S.Dandekar
Clinical Research Manager
Blue Cross of California
Woodland Hills, CA. 91367

Sandi Deckinger, MPA. RN
Quality Assessment Director
Chinese Community Health Plan
San Francisco, CA 94133

Lee Kervin
C&L Program Specialist
Blue Cross of California
Camarillo, CA 93012
Lisa M. Kregel, MBA,
Manager, Geriatric Research & Health Ed. Dep. of Healthcare Informatics SCAN Health Plan
Long Beach CA 90801-5616

Elizabeth Le
Editor team
Manager, Customer Service
CalOptima
Orange, CA 92868

Jerilou Livingston
Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Gloria Orellana, MPH
Manager of Health Ed. and
C& L Services
Universal Care
Signal Hill, CA 90755

Sunny Pak
Project Manager
National L&C Programs
National Diversity
Kaiser Permanente
Oakland, CA 94612

Nancy Rodriguez, BSN, RN, CPHQ, PAHM – Sr. Quality Mgmt. Compliance Specialist
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
Atlanta, GA 30326

Philip Smeltzer
HealthNow NY
Buffalo, NY 14240

Silvana Ricci RN, BA HSA, CPHQ,
Quality Improvement Specialist
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
San Jose, CA

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