Recognized as a Top Hospital and Health System CIO to know and named a Rising Star in Healthcare, Michael is a cutting edge, innovative, visionary leader, disruptor, and collaborator who possesses strong leadership skills with extensive experience and a proven track record of driving increased levels of productivity, profits, high integrity customer relationship skills, and expert problem-solving approaches. Michael is also an active member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, a cybersecurity advisor to several healthcare startups, and an active Speaker within the field of Health Information Technology. Under Michael’s guidance and leadership, Mt San Rafael Hospital became one of the leading hospitals in the State of Colorado for leveraging advanced technology to enhance the patient and provider experience. With Michael’s innovative, driven approach, the hospital met HIMSS Analytics Stage Six recognition on the eight-stage HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, a feat only reached by thirty percent of U.S. hospitals. Leveraging advanced Information Technology to improve performance for value-based health care in the areas of infrastructure, business, administrative management, quality, safety, and clinical integration the Information Technology Department has also been presented the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 Healthcare’s Most Wired Award which is given annually to the top hospitals in the country making the most progress in the adoption of Health Information Technology. Through Michael’s leadership, Mt. San Rafael achieved recognition as the best overall organization from the 2019 Most Wired survey.

Founder and Executive Director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, ALAS, a Latino Arts, mental health and social justice non profit focused on workings with families on the Northern Coast of California, www.alashmb.org Specialized in working with rural Latino families, newcomers and migrant families as well as building community supports that lifts voices and leadership of Latinos in community. Creating opportunities for cultural wealth to become frameworks of healing and community engagement. Work and research includes working with children and families at the South Texas Border as part of the key team of the Bay Area Border Relief, to support children and families seeking asylum. www.bayareaborderrelief.org Strong work experience in working with immigration and mental health- providing psychological assessments for immigration cases to include U-Visas, asylum cases, hardship cases and other legal forensic evaluations for immigration.

Arnie was born in La Paz Bolivia and came to San Francisco, California with his family when he was a young child. He went to high school in Union City, CA and then attended San Francisco State University on partial scholarship and working 2 part time jobs. He was always very curious, hardworking, and eager to learn. He began his career at Target stores, first repairing desktop computers, then building application servers, and finally teaching himself how to be an IBM Mainframe Security Administrator. He then became a Network Security Engineer at PeopleSoft, where he was in charge of developing and securing their corporate applications and networks. This experience led to an offer from Cisco to join as a Systems Engineer to work as a Security Specialist with the largest high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. He quickly discovered that he enjoyed mentoring and developing others and was promoted to a leadership position. He has never looked back since his first opportunity to lead, and he has continued to grow and develop his technical leadership career at a number of technology companies.

A data-driven Talent Acquisition leader with a strong belief that big data and analytics are changing everything about the way we do business—and that includes hiring top talent. Experienced in building global teams that are embracing innovation through data and technology. Has a track record in the areas of hi-tech recruiting, executive coaching, organizational development, employer branding and strategic workforce planning in both startup and corporate environments. Known as a "hunter of hunters" - he has scaled, mentored and led global teams such as China, Taiwan, India, Brazil, Israel, UK, The Netherlands, France, Germany just to name a few.

José is recognized as a Silicon Valley industry thought leader in the field of talent management. He has been part of talent strategies behind some of the most recognized consumer electronics products in history. He spent the 2000’s organizing the growth behind the iPod, iPhone, and iOS cameras at Apple. In 2011, José left Apple to join Nest Labs, a startup set to re-invent the home. The startup went on to launch the critical acclaimed Nest Learning Thermostat and Nest Protect, an intelligent smoke & CO detector. Nest was successfully acquired by Google for $3.2B in early 2014. Currently, José is the co-founder and CEO of Plause, an enterprise platform helping companies to better engage and manage their workforce, making work, work better by bringing a more human experience to HR with data backed transformations.

Katty Coulson is Vice President of IT at Oracle NetSuite. Responsible for a variety of services that enable business processes and employee productivity. Leads a global organization responsible for business applications, including transformational innitiatives, onboarding services to Oracle cloud and operational excellence ensuring productivity, security and great user experience for every user.

Before joining Oracle, Katty was CIO for Americas at Cisco Systems, responsible for driving a regional strategy enabling Business & IT alignment to increase growth opportunities and productivity.

Previous experience and roles include, Regional Leader for Latin America, Global Operations and Service Delivery Manager, Escalations Management, Technical and Account Support in companies such as Cisco Systems and General Electric.

Katty has a special interest in promoting STEM Education and Women in Leadership and Technology. She also serves as Board Member for the Ronald McDonald House of Charities Bay Area.

“HITEC 100” Awardee in 2020, and “HITEC Top 50 Influential Hispanic Leaders in Latin America/Ibero-America” in 2017 & 2018, “Cisco IT Manager of the Year” in 2012 and 2015; and recognized by HACR, Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers program in 2013.

She has an education in International Business and Management from Harvard Business School in USA, WHU in Germany and Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico.

Katty resides in San Jose, CA with her husband and 3 children. She is a marathoner, swimmer, tennis player and practices Tae Kwon Do. Enjoys giving back activities, traveling and spending time with her family.

Anna Dapelo-Garcia, a Mexican American, was born and raised in East San Jose, California. She grew up living in a paycheck-to-paycheck home environment and never heard the word “college” growing up. During most of her twenties, she held a variety of jobs with only a General Educational Development (GED), which is a high school equivalency credential. However, she was willing to work hard, had street smarts, and then found her passion in the healthcare industry starting at an entry level. After acquiring a Master of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Mary’s College while working full-time, Anna became the first Latina Executive Director at her place of employment. Along with this she also became the founder of Lean In Latinas. She had realized that after climbing the management and leadership ladder, she wanted to give back to her community through her work with LeanIn.Org.

Oscar has been in the financial services industry since 2004 and joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management as a Financial Advisor in 2015. His focus is on developing strategies for individuals, their families and their businesses that help them pursue and achieve their short- and long-term financial goals. Oscar's approach to wealth management is consultative, and he is committed to excellence. First, he takes the time to listen to and review each unique client's financial situation, preferences and goals. Second, he offers recommendations for asset allocations designed to accurately reflect each client's income and growth goals. And third, he follows up with discussions covering a wide range of opportunities to their investment, retirement, lending, risk management, estate planning and philanthropic goals.

Passionate about international growth, localization and Latin America, Focus on product management, business development user experience and user support at companies such as YouTube (Google), SearchRev (acquired by AKQA), Twitter and Jawbone. Currently building Vyv, a way to truly democratize content around the web.

She’s been featured in Forbes Mexico as one of the most Powerful Women in the country. Also, CNET en espanol, Cosmopolitan for Latinas, Gizmodo en espanol, Harper’s Bazaar Spain, GQ Mexico, Gente Mexico, O Globo, El Tiempo, La Nacion, El Mercurio, Chile, El Universal Mexico, El Pais in Spain and the book “Lost in Translation.” Also in programming by National Geographic Latin America, Televisa, TV Azteca, Canal 13, TVE, Univision and more.

Laura has also been recognized by the Department of State and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her involvement in the TechWomen Program – only female leader at Twitter to participate in 2012. A supporter of cultural and gender diversity in technology and entrepreneurship, She have been a judge at Startup Weekend in Mexico, Startup World and mentor several startups around the world as well as an advisory board member to Silicon Valley Latino.

Dr. Maria Hernandez is a thought leader in health equity and pay for success initiatives designed to address the upstream social determinants of health among vulnerable populations. As President of Impact4Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of InclusionINC, Maria led the Alameda County Pay for Success Asthma Initiative to test the feasibility of reducing pediatric asthma related emergencies using health education and proven home-based environmental interventions. Maria’s groundbreaking efforts in Pay For Success Initiatives led her to attend the White House’ Office of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement convening on expanding the use of Pay for Success Initiatives.

This work represents just one of several strategies Impact4Health designs and implements to address systemic health inequities. Prior to her appointment at Impact4Health, Dr. Hernandez consulted to Fortune 100 corporations, major foundations, public agencies, and elected officials. She has lead diversity and inclusion initiatives and executive education programs aimed at creating a culture of inclusion. Most recently, she has designed the InclusionSCORECARD™ for Population Health to assist hospital systems and public health agencies interested in addressing the needs of increasingly diverse patient populations.

Maria holds a doctorate in community psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and is an American Psychological Association Minority Fellow and Danforth Fellow. Maria served for two terms as a Board of Trustee for the Alameda Health System, one of the nation’s largest public safety net hospitals and a Board of Director for AAA Mountain West Group, representing members in Arizona, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Northern California. In March of 2019, Maria was inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame for her work in healthcare.

A first-generation Latina, born and raised in Southern California, Maria is fluent in Spanish. Her commitment to empowering the next generation of Latina executives inspired her to co-found LatinaVIDA, a nonprofit providing educational forums for career minded Latinas throughout the nation. She and her husband are sailors and enjoy testing their navigation skills in the Caribbean.

Michelle Linares is the Director of National Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity at Kaiser Permanente with 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She leads and manages national level strategic projects and consultations to improve workplace fairness, empowerment, and belonging to deliver value-based care. Additionally, Michelle leads the Business Resource Group (BRG) program strategy, activating thousands of employees and clinicians to serve as cultural influencers and multipliers across all Kaiser Permanente markets. Michelle's combined experience in the healthcare industry includes serving as a bilingual health educator, program manager, and implementing various strategic initiatives in health promotion, digital health, quality improvement, culturally responsive care, and workforce development. She is enthusiastic about empowering people and redesigning systems to achieve best health outcomes for all.

Andrea's path to success is deeply rooted in her family's legacy. Growing up in the staffing industry, she watched her immigrant parents build ATR International from the ground up in 1988. Their relentless work ethic became the foundation of her own drive, fueling her ascent through the ranks of ATR over 17 years. Along the way, Andrea honed her business acumen through prestigious programs at the University of Washington, Stanford, and Northwestern—where she also serves as an advisory panel member. But Andrea's impact extends far beyond corporate achievements. She is a mentor, advocate, and voice for women and minorities striving to excel in the staffing industry. Her recognition as one of Staffing Industry Analysts' 2018 Global Power 150 – Women in Staffing is a testament to her influence. She serves on the National Board for Latinx Professionals, inspiring and connecting the Latinx community, and on the Women of Color in Staffing Advisory Board, where she champions diversity and inclusion. Andrea's commitment to giving back doesn't stop there. As a board member and volunteer instructor with First Tee Silicon Valley (FTSV), she is shaping the next generation of leaders. Through her podcast, *Unicorn in the Boardroom*, Andrea encourages minority groups to aim high and achieve their full potential.

Lilian Peña, is currently an Account Executive, in the Sales & Marketing Department of Disney-Owned, Bay Area television station, ABC7/KGO-TV, part of the Disney-ABC Television Group (DATG). In her current sales role, Peña specializes in fostering and maintaining relationships with clients and agencies to generate revenue in support of the business operation of the station. Her expertise in the field, backed with several years of operational experience, make her a valuable contributor in advertiser marketing budget planning. In addition to possessing content production knowledge, she helps create the most effective campaign by presenting multi-platform offerings – broadcast/streamed television, online and digital tools, Network/Local app ad placement, and social opportunities.

Tony Quintero received the Juris Doctor, University of California, School of Law, Berkeley. Was elected first President of La Raza National Law Students Association, Founder of El Centro Legal de la Raza, was the CEO of American Regional Malls, and served as Co-Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Hispanic Leadership Council. Director on the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and was a Founder of the National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce, He studied acting at West Valley College, First Take Acting Program, and voice at Skyline College, and film financing at the International Film Financing Institute. Mr. Quintero is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has acted in 3 films, 3 TV series and serves as producer in 3 films currently in development.

In 2011, he received the Maestro Award, Latino Leaders Magazine, 2011. In 2012 Tony Quintero was selected as "The Actual Most Interesting Man in the World", SILICON VALLEY LATINO MAGAZINE, and in 2014 appeared on the cover of IMAGE and STYLE MAGAZINE. In 2013, he received the Cisco-Silicon Valley Latino "Champion Award", and the "Comcast Leadership Ollin Award”. In 2017 the SVL Cultura Champion Award.

Sylvia Juárez - Magaña was born and raised in Indio, CA.  From early on, she engaged in her community.  She was part of various clubs and ASB at Indio High and active in her church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.  Her commitment led her to attend U.C. Berkeley and continue her engagement there through campus organizations and her sorority, Alpha Epsilon Phi.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in Chicano Studies.  Ms. Juárez-Magaña later was selected to be National Urban Fellow and received her Master’s in Public Administration in 2007 from Baruch College in New York City.

Angel has been advising families and corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area about their finances for nearly 25 years. He is passionate about helping people successfully navigate the complexities they face in their financial lives through personalized coaching and guidance. Angel grew up in San Francisco with his grandmother, who instilled in him the value of hard work, a strong education, and giving back to his community at a very young age. These core values are the foundation of Angel’s practice today and serve as constant reminder of the struggles and the tenacity it takes to be successful. 



A portfolio manager by trade, Angel was the chief operating officer of a successful technology start-up prior to venturing into the world of finance. He is a life-long learner, earning his undergraduate degree in International Finance from SF State University, his MBA from Golden Gate University, and completing executive development course work at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. 



Throughout his career, Angel has remained committed to professional development, earning important designations at Morgan Stanley, including Corporate Client Group Director and Family Wealth Director, a certification received by less than two percent of the advisors at Morgan Stanley. He has also undertaken various advanced courses of study, earning his Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) and Qualified Plan Financial Consultant (QPFC)) designations. These credentials demonstrate Angel’s unrelenting commitment to a world-class client experience. He draws upon his deep knowledge to provide clients with tailored advice, with a specific focus on families, tech executives and business owners. 



In his spare time, Angel actively competes in Obstacle Course Racing and has completed 16 Spartan Races and 3 Tough Mudders the past few years. He also coaches CYO Cross Country and Volleyball and in the past year he coached several young Latinos to attain their Spartan Trifectas. He truly loves having outdoor adventures with the support and participation of his wife and two children. 



Angel is also passionate about giving back – at his firm and within his community. He is a proud member of Morgan Stanley’s National Diversity and Inclusion Council, where he advocates for a more inclusive work environment for his colleagues and clients. Angel served on the Board of the Latino Community Foundation, Juma Ventures, Susan G. Komen Foundation, and is currently the Treasurer of the San Leandro Swim Team and a mentor for business owners at the Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Initiative. In 2015, he founded the Latino Men’s Giving Circle to address the persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color. His goal is to partner with other organizations to inspire youth to pursue studies focused on Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math (STEAM).

Antonio Humphreys is a passionate business leader, educator, Board Director, keynote speaker and podcast guest, and ‘everyday mentor’. He has 25+ years’ professional experience across multiple industry verticals and geographies (including NASA, Shell Oil, Hewlett-Packard, Gap, and Adobe). He’s passionate about ‘all things business’ with a global management portfolio in the development/delivery of highly successful, innovative strategies in fast paced environments which have generated millions of dollars in cost savings, revenue, and profit growth.