As president, Carmella Gutierrez oversees all public policy,
advocacy and education efforts for Californians for Patient Care.
In this executive role, Ms. Gutierrez is responsible for the
overall strategic direction of the organization, including
identifying the barriers in delivering patient-centered care and
collaborating with community groups, patients, healthcare
providers, research institutions, and policymakers to find the
“common threads” that improve patient access to care in
California.
Ms. Gutierrez brings more than 15 years of healthcare public
affairs, policy and communications experience to Californians for
Patient Care. Previously, she managed regional affairs for the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary
Donna Shalala, advising Administration officials on community
issues. She also served as a senior manager for Lumetra
Healthcare Solutions, one of the largest Quality Improvement
Organizations (QIO) for Medicare at the time, where she led one
of the first and largest QIO public education programs in the
nation for Medicare providers and beneficiaries. Before joining
Californians for Patient Care, she directed public affairs and
other initiatives for Dignity Health (formerly Catholic
Healthcare West), the largest hospital system in California,
headquartered in San Francisco. She has also worked at Kaiser
Permanente and the American Cancer Society.
Ms. Gutierrez has also received numerous awards and
recognitions for her work and is passionate about helping people
understand how to take charge of their health.
As program director, Cynthia Moore oversees internal operations
for Californians for Patient Care, including day-to-day office
management, and strategic oversight and operation and maintenance
of CPC’s website and the MyHealthResource database
tool. Ms. Moore also leads CPC’s strategic alliances development
program and provides counsel on various communications and public
policy initiatives.
Ms. Moore is a strategic senior-level consultant and executive
with extensive experience developing, implementing, and
evaluating strategic results-oriented plans in the areas of:
marketing, business development, advocacy/ally development,
public affairs/public relations, communications, media relations,
and more for both for-profit and nonprofit entities. Prior
to CPC, she was executive vice president and chief operations
officer of Perry Communications Group, an independent public
affairs and public relations firm in Sacramento where she managed
the firm’s operations and provided strategic oversight and
management of several of the firm’s key accounts, including
healthcare and patient access to medicines. Her leadership was
instrumental in the success of the Partnership for Prescription
Assistance, as well as the Medicare Rx Access Network of
California.
Ms. Moore earned her MBA in Marketing from Golden Gate
University, and her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a minor
in Public Relations from Humboldt State University.
Ms. Moore also serves on various boards including California
Women Lead (Engage. Empower. Elect.) - Sacramento Regional
Chapter, as president. In addition, she is a member of the
South Placer Women’s Leadership Coalition; and is appointed as a
state delegate to the 6th Assembly District.
Mikaila Wedding Harris supports the management team and key
functions of the organization, including general support of
business operations, communications, Web
content, maintaining various database content and more.
Ms. Harris is an administrative professional with more than
10 years of experience in administrative and executive
support, including project management, customer service and staff
supervision. Ms. Harris most recently was executive
assistant to the vice president of business operations at Academy
of Art University in San Francisco. Prior to that she held
administrative positions in the software and telecommunications
industries; and was a law librarian at Price, Postel &
Parma, LLP, one of California’s oldest law firms in Santa
Barbara, Calif.
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