Our Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Community Healthcare Clinics rely on a deeply committed Board of Directors and Executive Team, as well as an experienced and highly talented team of medical professionals, physicians, clinicians, practitioners, social workers, case managers, and administrators who work day in and day out to improve health outcomes in our communities.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Frank Quiles, Chair

John Ruiz, Vice Chair

Yancy Rincon, MBA, Treasurer       

Joseph Ayala

Alma Candelas

Stanley Cox

Luz Santos

EXECUTIVE TEAM:

Lauren Mendenhall, Executive Director

Lauren Mendenhall is an experienced and dynamic healthcare professional with over 16 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She presently serves as La Casa de Salud’s Executive Director, responsible for overseeing all programmatic and operational aspects of LCDS.

Prior to this role, she served as Acacia Network’s Vice President of Primary Care and Quality Improvement, responsible for leading and managing the overall operations and staff of our Federally Qualified Health Care (FQHC) clinics, in addition to establishing and overseeing Acacia’s quality improvement and informatics infrastructure and leading the Network’s efforts to transform its framework in order to thrive in a value-based care environment.

Prior to her role at Acacia Network, Lauren worked at Ryan Health for 13 years, a FQHC in NYC where she rose through the ranks to ultimately lead the agency’s QI Program. There she built a data-driven QI culture, led DSRIP and managed care efforts to maximize reimbursement, and developed sustainable, system level changes to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. She also has nearly a decade of extensive experience in strategy, planning and development and project management. Lauren earned her BA from the University of California Santa Barbara, and attended New York University for Project Management and Not-For-Profit Business and Management.