Volume 2, Issue 1

JANUARY 2011

NCAL Kaiser Permanente Latino AssociationIntercambio Newsletter

KPLA FOUNDING FATHER SET TO RETIRE!
After more than 30 years of distinguished and path breaking service in Kaiser Permanente at local, regional, and national levels, Mario Castaneda will retire in February 2011 as the enterprises first National Director of Clinical Technology. Recently elected President of the American College of Clinical Engineering, Mario plans to put his decades of experience to work in national leadership of the Clinical Engineering profession and in international consulting to Ministries of Health and international healthcare organizations, such as the World Health Organization, where his counsel has been increasingly sought in recent years in developing nation-scale healthcare systems. Marios work at KP spans the history of modern biomedical devices and systems. He was a charter member of the National Biomedical Leadership Team, organized the Biomedical Device Steering Committee, and most recently worked closely with The Permanente Medical Group and KPIT leadership to charter the Biomedical Device Integration Council, which coordinates technical and process integration activities as more clinical technologies become networked and connected to the KP HealthConnect medical record system. Mario has also been active in numerous professional associations, including the International Society for health Technology Assessment, and the Association of Hispanic MBA and Hispanic Engineers. He served as Board Member of the Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives, was an officer of the National Hispanic Employee Association and was cofounder and first elected President of KPLA.

Mario Castaneda
He will be honored at our March 18, 2011 Service Awards Dinner Ceremony

Inside this issue:

KPLA Awards Dinner & Retreat Chicana & KPLA Scholarships Edgar Quiroz Felicidades! Junior Achievement Save the Dates KPLA Photos
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2010 BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to SRF Diversity, Linguistic & ADA Services DirectorBerta Alicia Bejarano, honored as the 2010 Business professional of the Year by the San Rafael Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Bejarano was recognized during the chambers annual Christmas La Posada and Community Awards Celebration in December. She joined Kaiser Permanente San Rafael in 2006, overseeing such programs as SRFs Qualified Bilingual Services, the language services and access program, culturally competent care and CLAS Standards and Diversity Council. Before stepping up to the KPLA Presidents plate in 2010, Berta was the NCAL KPLA Vice President. Berta values hard work, great friendships and a sense of humor in all aspects of her life. Felicidades!

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NCAL KPLA SERVICE AWARDS DINNER AND ANNUAL OFFICERS RETREAT

NCAL KPLA will host the annual Service Awards Dinner at 6 p.m. on March 18, 2011 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel, San Rafael. The annual officers retreat will take place the following day, March 19 at the San Rafael Medical Center from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Guest speaker for the retreat will be Frank Carbajal, Founder, Es Tiempo, LLC , author of Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation, and El Futuro Latino. Steven Province, Director Supply Chain, Fresno KP will once again facilitate the retreats activities. Qualifying KPLA chapter officers (such as President/VicePresident) traveling more than 20 miles away (from the Four Points Sheraton in San Rafael), attending both the Friday event as well as the all day Saturday officer retreat need to send your hotel room reservation request as soon as possible to Berta Bejarano. The NCAL KPLA Executive Board cordially invites you to nominate a KPLA member in your service area for the KPLA 2011 Service Award. Please submit your nomination via email to: Berta.A.Bejarano@kp.org by March 1, 2011.

2011 SILICON VALLEY LATINO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

The Second Annual Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit is being presented by Es Tiempo, LLC., Gracefully Global Group, LLC and Hispanic-Net and will take place at the Stanford Faculty Club on Saturday, May 14th, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. For more information or questions, contact:

Es Tiempo LLC (408) 406-9672 frank@estiempo.com

To Register: go to http://2011svlls.eventbrite.com/

Frank Carbajal Chairman & Founder,

KPLA 2011 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS COMING SOON

KPLA Proudly announces the launch of our 2011 Scholarship Applications. The Scholarship Program coordinated by Antonio Wong, will be posting applications during the first week of March of 2011. The application deadline will be May 3, 2011. The results will be announced the end of June or mid July. If you have any scholarship application questions, please contact Antonio Wong directly: Antonio.wong@kp.org

CHICANA LATINA FOUNDATION (CLF) SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS

CLF will award at least 30 merit-based scholarships of $1500 each. The CLF scholarship fund assists Latina students in completing their undergraduate and graduate college education.
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available on a competitive basis to continuing undergraduate and graduate female college students of Latino background. Please check the website: www.chicanalatina.org/ for a complete list of requirements and to download an application.

The application deadline is: March 18, 2011.

These scholarships are

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Volume 2, Issue 1 JANUARY 2011

KPLA SALUTES EDGAR QUIROZ FOR BEING HONORED BY HEALTH CAREER CONNECTION
The Health Career Connection founders, staff, advisory board and alumni board honored Edgar Quiroz, MPH, Kaiser Permanente National Diversity at their January 20th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner. Conductor of Ceremonies was Ysabel Duron, KRON 4 Weekend Morning News, Latinas Contra Cancer. Felicidades Edgar! The reception and dinner program was held in The Terrace Room at the Lake Merritt Hotel in Oakland.

SAVE THE DATE! SPONSORED BY NCAL KPLA

"Cuban Health Care System" Edgar Quiroz, MPH Director, Workforce Diversity Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Come and listen to first hand account of Edgar Quiroz's recent Cuba trip! RSVP your attendance with: berta.a.bejarano@kp.org Only RSVP attendees will receive a lunch Location: KP Ordway BuildingOne Kaiser Plaza 22nd FloorMultipurpose Conference Room

KAISER PERMANENTE LATINO ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP IN 2011 LAUNCHES!

In collaboration with Kaiser Permanente Women in Technology* (KP-WIT), KPLA is proud to announce that leadership development opportunities will be available to all KPLA members in 2011. We understand that we can each benefit from each others knowledge, insight, expertise and experience. Therefore, KP-WIT welcomes this opportunity to partner with KPLA and we welcome the entire membership to join us in taking advantage of mentoring opportunities, professional development webinars, and technology demos across the organization. Stay tuned for the KPLA Leadership in 2011 Announcement via email immediately following this newsletter release to learn more! *KP-WIT is an employee
association group dedicated to internal networking, development and mentoring and open to women and men alike. KP-WITs Mission is to empower members and collaborate across Kaiser Permanente to broaden possibilities through technology and leadership and to move Kaiser Permanentes technology to the forefront of this industry., One of the core principles is to CONNECT and collaborate on opportunities.

K a is e r P e rm a n e n t e W o m e n in T e c h n o lo g y

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Newsletter Editor: Shira Wight Phone: 8-441-3139 (tie line) Phone: 415-444-3139 KP San Rafael Medical Center KPLA Newsletter articles may be submitted electronically by email to: Shira Wight@kp.org.

Santa Rosa Kaiser Permanente Chapter End of the Year Hands on Crafts

Save the date! September 23, 2011 KPLAs 20th Anniversary Celebration

NCAL KPLA Board & Members Support and Attend Awareness for Autism Event at BIMBOS

SAVE THE DATES

NCAL KPLA Professional Development Webinar for our members Coming January 2011 Mar 18 KPLA Service Awards Ceremony Four Points Hotel San Rafael Mar 19 KPLA Executive Officers and Chapter Presidents RetreatSan Rafael Medical Center Kaiser Permanente Latino Association 20th year Anniversary Celebration & Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Banquet September 23, 2011 Craneway Pavilion Richmond, CA Celebrando lo Nuestro
Edgar Quiroz, Director, Workforce Diversity and Michael Tully-Cintron, COO, Antioch KP Victoria Covarrubias, KPLA Secretary and Irma Gonzalez, KPLA Treasurer

Melissa Aboytes, KPLA Vice President

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