To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Recognizing the Contra Costa Health Change Agent Fellowship and Graduation of Cohort 7
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution No. 2024- Recognizing the Contra Costa Health Change Agent Fellowship and Graduation of Cohort 7 on May 29, 2024, as recommended by the Health Services Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
See Resolution
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF Recognizing the Contra Costa Health Change Agent Followship and Graduation of Cohort 7 on May 29, 2024
WHEREAS, the Change Agent Fellowship (CAF) was established by Anna Roth, CEO, in 2009 as an opportunity for continuous learning and originally positioned within Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), Health Centers and Detention Health; and
WHEREAS, the CAF has expanded to encourage involvement from across Contra Costa Health (CCH) as well as other county departments; and
WHEREAS, the Fellowship strives to create and support CCH leadership and staff that respond to the needs of the community, addresses health disparities and work toward equity, and meets the rapidly evolving challenges of today’s health landscape; and
WHEREAS, exposure to improvement science principles and tools, operational management and strategies in which health care is provided, systems thinking, strategies for change management and continuous quality improvement so that Contra Costa County becomes a place where health is created; and
WHEREAS, 45 health professionals have completed the Change Agent Fellowship, which has prepared this cadre of growing leaders to make change steeped in design and improvement science; and
WHEREAS, the newest cohort:
Chelsea Miklos, Speech Pathologist
Daisy Terrones, Community Health Worker II
Eva Marie Bella, Communicable Disease Program Manager
Fikria Fikrat, Materials Management Supervisor
Katy White, Chief of Behavioral Health Managed Care
Kristian Lucas, Director of Environmental Health
These fellows have dedicated eight months of work towards learning and implementing improvement science strategies and best practices to uphold the mission of Contra Costa Health.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County does hereby recognizes 15 years of the Change Agent Fellowship and honors the most recent cohort of graduates.
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