LeadershipBoard of Directors
A nonprofit Board of Directors governs Migrant Health Promotion by setting policy and direction for the organization.
The Board of Directors includes members from across the nation, meets in person quarterly and conducts committee business between meetings. Twelve to seventeen members serve on the Board and at least half of the members are constituents of Migrant Health Promotion. Four seats on the Board are reserved especially for farmworkers and several Promotores(as) and former farmworkers also fill the seats reserved for migrant health providers and other professionals. Additional members provide specific expertise, such as legal, fundraising, evaluation, accounting and other skills.
Migrant Health Promotion's Board of Directors governs by consensus. Currently, the Board President is Rudolfo Sanchez, Attorney, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc.
"Guiding Principles on Immigration" (October--2008)
2007-2008 Board of Directors
Cristina Ramos, (Board President)
(Development Committee, Board Affairs, Executive Committee)
Second Board Term Ends: September 2009
Farmworker & Promotora
Intercare Community Health Network
National Advisory Committee for Migrant Health
Rudolfo (Rudy) Sanchez, (Board Chair)
(Risk Committee, Board Affairs, Executive Committee)
Second Board Term Ends: September 2009
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc.
Attorney
Amy Greenhoe, CPA (Board Treasurer)
(Development Committee, Finance Committee)
First Board Term Ends: September 2009
Trinity Health
Accounting
Amy Greenhoe serves as Manager of Audit Services for Trinity Health, the fourth largest Catholic healthcare system. She has an undergraduate degree Medical Technology and a M.S. in Professional Accountancy from Walsh College and has 18 years of healthcare finance/auditing experience. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. Amy has done extensive training and auditing of federal grants while at Trinity Health.
Andrea Caracostis, MD, MPH
(Program Committee, Risk Committee)
First Board Term Ends: September 2009
Hope Clinic, Houston Texas
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Caracostis received her medical degree from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres Medical School and her master of public health degree from Texas A & M University. She has 10 years of experience working with Community Health Centers, to improve access to care for underserved populations, both as a clinician and providing technical assistance. She has worked as an independent consultant with the Migrant Clinicians Network, National Cancer Institute and as a grant reviewer for the Health and Human Resource Administration. She has also been a faculty member for the National Health Disparities Collaborative and has led the clinical task force to develop a National Strategic plan in Migrant Health. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of HOPE Clinic in Houston Texas
Mike DuRussel
(Development Committee, Finance Committee)
Second Board Term Ends: September 2009
Farm Owner
National Advisory Committee for Migrant Health
Mitchell Garcia
(Program Committee, Development Committee)
First Board Term Ends: September 2009
Valley Wide Health Systems
Service Provider, Farmworker Health Services
Magdalena Hernandez
(Risk Committee, Board Affairs)
First Board Term Ends: September 2009
Farmworker
Moira Kenny, RSM
(Program Committee, Executive Committee, Board Affairs)
Second Board Term Ends: September 2009
Texas Civil Rights Project/United Farm Workers
Labor/Civil Rights Advocacy
Sister Moira Kenny is a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy who calls Ohio home. She holds a Masters degree in Communications/Public Relations from Ball State University in Indiana and served as the Communications Director of the Sisters of Mercy of Cincinnati for four years. She has been the paralegal / legal manager of the South Texas Civil Rights Project since 1992. Prior to this, she was supervisor of the documents department at the Christic Institute, a public interest law office in Washington, DC. Recipient of the 2004 Cunningham Award, (national peace and justice award of the Sisters of Mercy), she is actively involved in local and national justice issues.
Gayle Lawn-Day, PhD (Board Secretary)
(Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Board Affairs)
Migrant Health Promotion
Executive Director
Gayle Lawn-Day, Migrant Health Promotion's Executive Director, brings significant administrative experience to the organization. As a former Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of various institutions of higher education, her experience managing complex organizations, multi-dimensional budgets, and developing and implementing long range planning are key organizational assets.
PhD: Public Policy and Research Methodology, University of Oklahoma
MPA: Public Finance and Budgeting, University of Oklahoma
BSBA: Marketing and Human Resources, Michigan Technological University
Dora Mejia (Board President Elect)
(Program Committee, Development Committee, Executive Committee)
First Board Term Ends: September 2009
Farmworker
June Grube Robinson, MPH
(Program Committee, Board Affairs)
First Board Term Ends: September 2008
Housing Consortium of Everett and Snohomish County
Director of Planning and Program Management
José Soto
(Development Committee, Risk Committee)
First Board Term Ends: September 2008
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Rio Grande Valley Community Outreach
Director
Mr. Soto is currently the Director for Community Outreach for Driscoll Children’s Hospital in the Rio Grande Valley. He has over 30 years of experience with Governing Boards of non-profit organizations. He has also been CEO of three health care corporations, and has served on the board of directors of six different organizations in the Rio Grande Valley.
