Nicole D. Vick is a public health advocate, educator, civic leader, author, and community connector. She has spent the last 18 years providing tools and strategies to diverse stakeholders to improve health and prevent disease in Los Angeles County. She has successfully merged her lived experience and public health expertise into a 14-year teaching career, currently teaching in the Urban Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. Ms. Vick is also a strong community advocate. She chaired the LA City Health Commission, serves as an community/alumni advisor for USC and CSULA, and also finds time to foster economic development by hosting pop up shops supporting Black women business owners in her own backyard.

In her first book “Pushing Through: Finding the Light in Every Lesson” she shares both the heartbreaking pain and the extraordinary triumphs that led her to advocacy and social justice work. Her story takes place against the background of the long-neglected and overlooked community of South-Central Los Angeles, where she grapples with the grotesque imbalance of power and privilege as it unfolds in every aspect of her life and those around her.

Prior to ConsejoSano, Abner was Founder and CEO for the Workplace Wellness Council of Mexico, now the leading corporate wellness company in Mexico. From 2003-2008, he was founder and Executive Director of AIDS Responsibility Project, driving the creation of CONAES and JaBCHA, the first business councils on HIV/AIDS in Mexico and Jamaica. Abner previously served as Chairman of the International Committee and member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), appointed by President Bush in 2002.

Abner serves on the Board of Manifest MedEx and is also a member of the American Medical Association’s External Equity & Innovation Advisory Group. He recently served on the Biden-Harris Policy Committee.

Mr. Amuchie has over 15 years of operational and strategic finance experience with medium and large sized public and private companies. Mr. Amuchie currently serves as the Vice President of Finance at Sientra Inc., a publicly-traded medical device manufacturer focused on the aesthetics industry. Previously, from April 2021 to June 2022, Mr. Amuchie served as the Vice President, Corporate Controller of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., a publicly-traded pioneer in the space tourism industry founded by Sir Richard Branson. Prior to this, from November 2016 to April 2021, Mr. Amuchie served as a finance executive for Iteris Inc., a publicly-traded transportation analytics firm, holding the Vice President, Corporate Controller role from 2018 until his departure. Mr. Amuchie also held various finance roles at Word & Brown Companies, UnitedHealth Group, and Armanino LLP. Mr. Amuchie began his career in the assurance department at the Big 4 accounting firm, Ernst & Young. Mr. Amuchie is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Mr. Amuchie has previously served on the Board of Directors for two nonprofit organizations, 100 Black Men of Orange County Inc., and Umu Igbo Unite Inc.

Caila Jones-Menefee is an objective driven leader that delivers quantifiable impact and outstanding results through process improvement and strategy development. Caila maintains an organized approach, clarity of purpose, and goal orientation in rapidly changing environments.

In her current role at UC Davis Health, she facilitates partnerships between UC Davis Health and Federally Qualified Health Centers to offer Northern California’s most vulnerable populations access to UC Davis Health’s nationally renowned clinical resources.

After decades within the non-profit sector as a project manager, fund development professional, and trusted process advisor to executive leaders, she began The Jones Collaborative. The community development agency is a vehicle to leverage the talents of her exceptional colleagues to help mission-aligned initiatives do business better. In 2022, Caila expanded The Jones Collaborative to include campaign management and served as the Campaign Manager for Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson.

Caila is a native San Franciscan, who earned her undergraduate Business Administration degree from San Francisco State University and her master’s degree in organizational leadership from Saint Mary’s College.

Dr. Jerry P. Abraham, MD MPH CMQ, is a renowned Physician and Public Health advocate who currently serves as the Director & Chief Vaccinologist of the CDU-KEDREN Mobile Street Medicine program, a joint initiative. Kedren Community Health Center is a Historically Black Institution HBI, Federally Qualified Health Center FQHC, and Acute Psychiatric Hospital located in South Los Angeles. Dr. Abraham also holds a joint Faculty appointment in the Departments of Family & Community Medicine and Psychiatry at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, the 5th Historically Black Medical School in the nation and located in South Los Angeles. Dr. Abraham received his Medical Degree from the University of Texas School of Medicine and completed his Family Medicine Residency at the USC Keck School of Medicine. He also holds a Master of Public Health from Emory University and completed a Fellowship in Injury Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Abraham is currently the President of the Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA, Trustee of the California Medical Association CMA, and Vice Chair of the American Medical Association AMA Council on Constitution & Bylaws. Additionally, Dr. Abraham is a member of the National Medical Association NMA and serves on the Board of Directors of the Charles R. Drew Medical Society, the Historically Black County Medical Society in Los Angeles. He serves on numerous boards including the Urban Voices Project. Dr. Abraham is a nationally-recognized leader in developing health policy, ending health disparities, advancing health equity, and achieving racial & medical justice.

Dr. Abraham’s expertise and leadership have been critical in the fight against COVID-19, particularly in communities of color that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. He has been a strong advocate for the Equitable Distribution of Vaccines, working tirelessly to ensure that his minoritized and marginalized, underserved and underrepresented patients and communities have access to COVID-19 vaccines and other resources. As Director of Kedren Vaccines, he oversaw the administration of over 400,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the residents of Los Angeles County.

Dr. Abraham remains a staunch advocate for expanding and delivering equitable access to public health and healthcare services for all people and has fought for several minority groups’ right to reliable and nondiscriminatory, culturally- and linguistically appropriate and responsible care including advocacy for Black, Latin@, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian-Native Alaskan, the LGBTQIA+ community, people experiencing homelessness, people living with HIV, people with substance use disorders SUD, people living with severe mental illness and developmental disorders, people with histories of incarceration, migrant workers, among others.

Throughout his career, Dr. Abraham has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to Public Health and Healthcare. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the California Black Health Network CBHN Health Equity Champion Award, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC MLK, Jr. Community Justice Award, Hero of Family Medicine Award, the CMA Compassionate Service Award, the AMA Excellence in Medicine Award, the LACMA Independent Physician Award, the KJLH 102.3 FM Proven Achievers Award, the Association of Black Women Physicians ABWP Humanitarian Award, the First AME Church Community Service Award, the Community Build Health Advocate Award and the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Healthcare Leadership Award. Beyond that, Dr. Abraham has been profiled on The Rachel Maddow Show, Vice, and in the Los Angeles Times, in addition to testifying before the United States Senate and Congress on the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been featured in numerous media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and is a regular contributor on Spectrum News and CBS.

Dr. Jerry P. Abraham is a dedicated and prolific Physician, Public Health advocate, and community leader who has made a significant impact on the health and well-being of countless individuals and communities, with a lens on ending health disparities, advancing health equity and achieving racial & medical justice.

Marisa Hall is a seasoned leader in the biopharmaceutical industry, having played influential roles at Fortune 500 companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott, AbbVie, and GE Healthcare. Formerly serving as Commissioner for the Housing Authority in Los Angeles, appointed by Eric Garcetti, Marisa currently contributes her wealth of experience as a Senior Healthcare Account Executive at Eisai, Inc.

Passionate about healthcare equity, Marisa advocates for underrepresented communities, striving to eliminate barriers and ensure fair access to quality healthcare. She actively champions cause related to education, housing, financial literacy, and healthcare, organizing events and collaborating with local organizations to empower children and create sustainable solutions.

Beyond her professional and community commitments, Marisa is currently pursuing her Executive MBA at the University of Southern California. Finding joy in spending quality time with her family, she also enjoys the arts, traveling, and cherishing moments with loved ones.

Her inspiring commitment drives her mission to create a better future by addressing healthcare disparities and fostering community engagement.

E’Tiffany Jones manages Communications & Strategic Partnerships at OneLegacy, the not-for-profit organ, eye and tissue recovery organization. She has a robust career of over ten years in communications, event producing and partnership development.

E’Tiffany leads the Donate Life Rose Parade© Float committee, under her guidance and direction the organization received the highest Tournament of Roses honor, the Sweepstake Award garnering global attention for the OneLegacy mission. She utilizes a mix of earned media, creative programming, civic engagement, and philanthropic strategies to reach a population of twenty-million diverse residents of Southern California with the message of organ, eye and tissue donation.

Prior to joining OneLegacy, E’Tiffany developed her extensive background in cable television, producing live TV shows and managing signature campaigns in conjunction with national media outlets such as NBCUniversal, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), Viacom, BET and many other large scale media corporations.

E’Tiffany holds a Bachelor of Science in mass communications from Norfolk State University and is an active member of the National Association of Black Journalist, the Association of Multi-Cultural Affairs in Transplantation, the American Association of University Women and Vice President of NSULA Alumni Association. She is also a founding member of the OPO-Medical School HBCU taskforce and Co-Chair of the national OneLegacy Donate Life Float Committee.

E’Tiffany and her husband reside in Los Angeles, California with their children.