The Policy & Practice Advisory Board
The Policy and Practice Advisory Board (PPAB) is made up of professionals who work in public health, health care, policy making, advocacy and other services connected to the two focus communities. PPAB members ensure the project's relevance to decision-making needs & foster relationships.
Meet The Team
Joni Adelman, MS, APRN, FNP-BC, CDCES, DNP/MPH Candidate
Public Health Nurse
Mineral County
Silver Thread Public Health
Shaina Burkett
Program Manager, Resident & Community Connections
Denver Housing Authority
Jorge Figueroa, JD, MF
Environmental Justice Manager
Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency
City and County of Denver
Dawn Melgares
Executive Director
San Luis Valley Housing Coalition
Ean Thomas Tafoya
Colorado State Director
GreenLatinos
Kathy Woods
Economic Development Director
City of Alamosa
Kyler Brown
Owner/Operator Elliott Farms
President, SLV Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Dennis Dougherty
Executive Director
AFL-CIO Colorado
Guy Keene
Board Member, Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Retired Wildland Firefighter & Fire Management Officer, San Luis Valley Interagency Fire Management Unit
Bev Strnad, RN
Interim Director
Alamosa County Public Health Dept.
Patricia Valverde, PhD, MPH
Interim Director (LRPC), Clinical Assistant Professor, Director (Patient Navigation and Community Health Worker Training Program)
Department of Community & Behavioral Health
Latino Research & Policy Center
Colorado School of Public Health