C. H. Hank Balderrama

Clinical Director, Comprehensive Life Services

C. H. Hank Balderrama, MSW, LICSW, co-founded and was the first executive director of Consejo Counseling and Referral Service in Seattle in 1978, which still serves Latino community members with culturally competent direct behavioral health services. He has worked extensively in organizational cultural competence to promote increased access and positive service outcomes for Latino communities. Mr. Balderrama co-chaired a SAMHSA national panel responsible for developing mental health standards of care for Latinos. He advocated for Latinos and other under-served groups as a senior administrator at the Washington State Mental Health Division, from 1989 to 2013. His professional responsibilities and experiences include developing policy; creating training curricula; and providing consultation at division headquarters, state hospitals, regional mental health authorities and mental health centers. His areas of expertise include client services, community engagement, training and education, technical writing, contracting, and program administration. His motivation for being a Latino Center for Health advisory board member includes continued advocacy for the Latino community, especially in the implementation of the national initiative of primary behavioral health care integration.

Carolina Lucero

Community Member - at large | Retired. Former Senior Vice President, Sea Mar Community Health Centers

Carolina Lucero, MSW, has worked with Sea Mar Community Health Centers for the past 33 years. Her service has provided her with expertise in primary care clinics, preventive health services and care coordination, community-based senior care services, and facility service lines for nursing and assisted living personnel. Her responsibilities have spanned from direct service provider, to management, to her current role in senior leadership. Currently, Ms. Lucero has oversight of the long-term care coordination services in several primary care clinics located in diverse communities throughout Western Washington. She is involved in many of Sea Mar’s community outreach projects and has advocated over the last 38 years for underserved communities, specifically in the areas of health and education.

Ms. Lucero has been instrumental in addressing gaps in nursing education and shortages of bilingual and bicultural nurses in Washington State. She is a member of technical advisory committees for a number of institutions of higher education in the area, including the University of Washington, South Seattle Community College, Bellevue College, and sits on the President’s Advisory Council at Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

In Memoriam – Adrian Dominguez

Scientific Director, Urban Indian Health Institute | Member, Seattle Indian Health Board

Adrian Dominguez, MS, hailed from Los Angeles California and had over 25 years of experience in work spanning academic research, the government sector, and non-profit work. He received his Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the School of Public Health at the University of California at Los Angeles and he was awarded the Harvard University Health Professionals fellowship and attended Harvard University to study neurology, which introduced him to the field of public health. Over the course of his career, Mr. Dominguez worked with academic institutions and communities on topics that include pediatric lead poisoning in low-income areas, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, diabetes, breast and cervical cancer, social determinants of health and health equity, and community health assessments and evaluations. He was the Scientific Director for Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle Indian Health Board and serves as a board member for the Washington State Public Health Association and the University of Washington Latino Center for Health. In 2015 Adrian was inducted into Eastern Washington’s Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society for his work and contributions to public health in the state of Washington.