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Board of Directors(2009)
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President - Stacie Cokinos
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Stacie Cokinos is the Executive Director of San José Clinic, and has held the position since 2001. Cokinos holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Texas A&M University. She has worked in the healthcare-related non-profit arena since 1993. She is certified as a Fundraising Executive (CFRE) by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, having earned the certification in 1999.
San José Clinic is recognized as one of the oldest charity health clinics in the United States that is still in operation. San José Clinic was founded in 1922 by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to provide medical care to low income, uninsured persons. Today, the Clinic provides primary and specialty medical, and dental care to approximately 5,000 patients annually. More than 500 volunteers are supported by a staff of 55. The Clinic also hosts several teaching affiliations from local medical schools.
Recognizing the dignity of all people and working to ensure those who are disenfranchised receive medical care, Cokinos is committed to the mission of San José Clinic. Under her direction, the Clinic has been reorganized so that it is able to reach more people and provide more services than in the past, and is planning to build a new facility in downtown Houston to serve even more people. She has also developed relationships with other providers in the community and networks with these clinics and individuals to ensure that patients receive appropriate care when and where needed. Cokinos’ work at San José Clinic was recognized by Episcopal Health Charities in 2007 as one of five Ambassadors to their annual Community Leadership Award.
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Vice President - Doris Scales, RN, MSN
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Doris Scales has been Clinical Director of Christian Community Action since April 2006. She has been a nurse for 25 years and has a master’s degree in nursing and is a certified Clinical Nurse Specialist Doris has been actively involved in various community activities over the past 25 years. She is a retired Captain of the U.S. Army Reserves after 24 years of active & reserve status. Doris and her husband, Willie have two children. She is a native of North Carolina and currently resides in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas in Flower Mound. |
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Treasurer - Adam Chabira
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Adam Chabira currently serves as a Program Manager in the Office of Heath Equity at Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, TX. In his current position he assists with the development and administration of numerous community health initiatives designed to reduce health disparities. Adam has been instrumental in the creation of meaningful outcomes reporting and return-on-investment analyses that demonstrate the impact of disparities reduction efforts on patients, providers, and health care systems. Adam also provides strategic and operational consulting to local charity clinics throughout the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
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Secretary - Susan Shuler
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Susan has been involved with the Plano Children’s Medical Clinic since 1991 as a volunteer. She was acting ED in 1999 and 2000 and has been the permanent ED since 2000. In her role she is responsible for developing and implementing financial plans, supervising the volunteer program, ongoing marketing and PR, and supervising the daily operations of medical clinic. Susan is also responsible for the implementation of ICES, an immunization tracking program now used by the Clinic.
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Linda Bryant
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Linda is the Executive Director of The Greater Texoma Health Clinic, located in Denison, Texas. She has been a LSACC board member since 2006. |
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Aaron DeLaO
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Aaron is the Director of Social Services at the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic in Austin, TX. In his role at the Clinic he is in charge of all patient care follow-up, developing and implementing new programs, and working extensively with all medical staff. He has previous board experience serving on the Board of Directors of “READ Odessa Adult Literacy”. Aaron has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government from the University of TX at Austin.
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Dr. Bobby Kapur
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Dr. Kapur is the Director of Educational Affairs for the Section of Emergency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He also serves as a staff physician at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston. Dr. Kapur received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He went on to also receive a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He specializes in emergency medicine has published numerous journal articles on this topic. Dr. Kapur was one of the physicians who volunteered to be a co-medical director for the September 2009 Houston TCARE event.
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Monica King
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Monica has been the Executive Director at Shalom Health Ministry since 2007. As the ED Monica is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Clinic’s functions including setting goals and strategies to fulfill the organization’s vision and mission, budgeting, fund development, program planning and healthcare delivery. Last year she received a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Texas Woman’s University.
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Larry Robins
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Larry is the Executive Director of PediPlace in Lewisville, TX.When he took over the Clinic was in a financial crisis. In the time he has been there he has transformed it into a program of strength, increased stability and financial viability. He has created policies and operational standards and has formed a highly skilled staff of 24 professionals. Larry has Master’s Degrees in both Non Profit Management and Social Work.
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Executive Director
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Jody Hopkins
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Jody Hopkins, LCSW, ACSW was the Executive Director of the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic in Austin for 3 years before accepting the position as the LSACC Executive Director. Prior to coming to Austin she served as the director of The Community Clinic in Oak Ridge North, Texas for 7 years. She has her master’s degree in social work from the University of Houston, and has been involved in the non-profit sector for over 20 years. |
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Previous Directors
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Founding Board Member, Past President - Marlene DiLillo
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Marlene DiLillo has been executive director of Greater Killeen Free Clinic since 1996. She has been active in many coalitions related to health care for the underserved and has mentored several newly forming charitable clinics. Marlene has a master’s degree in human resource management, with certificates in volunteer management and non-profit management, and is a graduate of the Kellogg Foundation’s Engaged Communities program. She has served on several regional boards including Campfire and Susan G. Komen Foundation. |
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Founding Board Member - Jim Walton DO
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Jim Walton DO is Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer, Baylor Health Care System, Office of Health Equity, Dallas, Texas. He is Medical Director, Office of Community Health Improvement, HealthTexas Provider Network; and Medical Director, Project Access Dallas, Dallas County Medical Society. He serves as Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Family & Community Medicine; and Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health. |
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Founding Board Member - Katherine Peake
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Katherine Peake was a board member of The Good Samaritan Center in Fredericksburg until 2010, and has worked as a volunteer at the Fredericksburg Free Clinic (now the GSC) since 2000. She served as the Fredericksburg Municipal Judge from 1984 to 2009, and holds a B.A. from The University of New Mexico and a J.D. from the University of Denver. She has been in private practice and has served as the Assistant District Attorney for the 216th Judicial District. She also served as chairman of the board of The Hill Country Memorial Hospital and the Fredericksburg Independent School District. |
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Founding Board Member - Clark Moore
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Clark Moore Corky is the founding Executive Director of Ubi Caritas Clinic and Health Center in Beaumont. He is a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Beaumont, and has served as Vestry and Senior Warden. He currently serves as chairman of the Episcopal Community Outreach Ministries for the Diocese of Texas. He is a founding board member of Episcopal Health.Charities and currently chairs the Grant Evaluation Committee. He serves on the Executive Committee with Three Rivers Council - Boy Scouts of America, and Chair of the Southeast Texas Health & Human Services Network. He is a founding board member for LSACC and currently serves as Treasurer. As a 25 year veteran in the field of Non Profit Management and Fund Raising, his quirky and cynical sense of humor put him in demand as a consultant and writer.
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Founding Board Member, Past President - Pat Frosch
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Pat Frosch served as the point person in the establishment of the GRACE Community Clinic which opened in Sept 2003). Pat also served as vice president of the Great Dallas/Fort Worth Association of Charitable Clinics and the chair of the Tarrant County Charitable Clinic Forum. She has formerly served as Executive Director of Mend-a-Child, a nonprofit agency that provided medical and dental assistance for low income children in Abilene, TX. Other past work experience includes District Field Representative for the American Cancer Society and Director of Admissions and PR Coordinator for the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, both in Abilene. Pat graduated from McMurry College, Abilene, TX, in 1976 with a BA in Social Work. Previous board experience includes service on the Leadership Abilene and Young Leadership Abilene boards, Friends of the Library Board (Abilene), and Society of Fund Raising Executives (Abilene).
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Founding Board Member - Scott Golding
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J. Scott (Scott) Golding has been executive director of Medical Care Mission in Abilene since 1998. He works on many task forces related to health and human service issues and does consulting work for non-profit entities in West Texas. He has a master’s degree in social service administration. He is past president of the Abilene Chapter of National Society of Fundraising Professionals.
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