Welcome to our new Community Advisory Board members

Hennepin Healthcare extends a warm welcome to new members of our Community Advisory Board (CAB). CAB is a group of volunteers who represent the patient community served by Hennepin Healthcare. They serve as an advisory board to the Hennepin Healthcare System Board of Directors, with a focus on building relationships and partnerships with community organizations, populations with disproportionate unmet health needs, the business community, and the individuals who live in the community.  

Welcome to our new members:

• Cynthia Munguia, Executive Director, Minnesota Recovery Connection
• Kelsey F. Joson, CEO and Founder, InControl 
• Omar Flores, Director of Medicare, LeClair Group  
• Andrea Hartman, Director of Interpreting Services, Sorenson Communications 
• Brooke Roper, Hopkins School Board of Director  

 These new members join the rest of our Community Advisory Board in service to our patients and community:  

• Rosemond Owens, CAB Chair – Director – Health Equity Integration, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota 
• Julian 'Gambino' Alvarez – Immigration Bond Coordinator, Minnesota Freedom Fund 
• Rodolfo Gutierrez – Executive Director, Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research 
• Dan Collison– Director of Business Development and Public Affairs, Sherman Associates 
• Ora Hokes – Volunteer Group Facilitator, Mosaic School of Theological Equipping 
• Vara Karmin – President and Artistic Director, Vara Kamin's Impressions of Light, Inc.  
• Batal-Ra Y. McFarlane – Publisher, Insight News 
• Sueling Schardin – Community Impact Director, American Heart Association  
• Nawal Noor – Founder & CEO, Noor Companies 
• Antony Stately – Executive Officer, Native American Community Clinic