Organizing Committee

Executive Committee:

Chair & Executive Coordinator: Domingo Martínez Castilla, Cambio Center & HLAFSA, University of Missouri-Columbia (MU)

Co-Chair: Jan L.Flora, Iowa State University, co-PI of the "Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities" Multistate Research Project, North Central Region Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)

Content Advisors:
Corinne Valdivia, Agricultural Economics – Division of Applied Social Sciences; Cambio Center fellow & HLAFSA, MU
Steve Jeanetta, Community Development; Cambio Center fellow & HLAFSA, MU

Theme Chairs

• Youth, Families & Communities: Christina Vásquez Case, Alianzas/University of Missouri Extension/UMKC Institute of Human Development; Cambio Center fellow
• Education: Lisa Y. Flores, College of Education, MU, Cambio Center fellow
• Health: Benjamin Mueller, University of Illinois National Center for Rural Health Professions at Rockford, Illinois, and Kay Conklin, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, MU; Cambio Center fellow
• Civil Rights: Jan L. Flora
• Change & Integration: Corinne Valdivia and Steve Jeanetta

Financial Chair: Christiane Quinn, Cambio Center & HLAFSA, MU

Conference Manager
Tim Morris, MU Conference Office

Kansas City Coordinator:
Mercedes Saint Elin, Alianzas/University of Missouri Extension/UMKC Institute of Human Development

Planning Committee:

Ma. Julia Bello-Bravo, Univ. of Illinois Extension
Deborah Burris, University of Missouri St-Louis
Maria Cepeda, Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior Services
Deborah Cohen, University of Missouri St-Louis
Kay Conklin University of Missouri - Cambio Center
Mary Ann Cook, La Clínica, St. Louis
Anne Dannerbeck-Janku, Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator
Larry Davidson, St. Louis Area OSHA Office
Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Cornelia Flora Director, N Central Regional Center for Rural Deve. Iowa State University
Alejandra Gudiño, University of Missouri
Jinny Hopp, University of Missouri- Extension
Stancia J. Jenkins, Assistant Vice Chancellor, UMKC
Barbara B. Jones, Missouri Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Hortencia Kayser, St. Louis
Mary S Leuci, University of Missouri- Extension
Rebecca Martínez, MU
Louise Miller, University of Missouri
Sergio Muñoz, St. Patrick Center, St. Louis
Elver Pardo, University of Missouri- Extension
Robert Robles, St. Louis Area OSHA Office
Carrie Tyler, University of Missouri - Cambio Center
Alisa Warren, Missouri Commission on Human Rights

This page updated:
13 May, 2009