OC Health Care Agency (HCA) vaccine planning involves using input from our staff, from medical experts and from the community, to assist us in developing procedures that meet all CDC and state regulations, while addressing the unique needs of the Orange County (OC) community.
Central to our planning is a Vaccine Taskforce, comprised of members of at-risk groups, such as health care workers, essential workers, ethnic communities and older adults, and organizations such as hospitals, clinics, educational institutions, and business, as well as experts in ethics, faith-based issues, veterans’ issues and various medical specialties. This group will address prioritization of vaccine recipients and how to address concerns about the vaccine among different demographic and workforce groups and make recommendations to the HCA planning staff and the HCA Director. The Taskforce was selected using input from a Taskforce Planning Committee comprised of representatives from the medical, ethnic, and educational, faith-based, older adult, and veterans’ communities as well as HCA personnel who developed the framework and goals of the Taskforce.
How to share your thoughts, ideas or concerns with HCA or the COVID-19 Vaccine Taskforce
OC residents may email the Taskforce directly with questions and comments. Emails will not generate individual replies.
COVID19vaccine@OCHCA.com
Taskforce Meeting Information
The links below contain information presented for discussion at Taskforce meetings.
| Meeting Dates | Minutes |
| August 19, 2021 | Link |
| September 16, 2021 | Link |
| October 21, 2021 | Link |
| View Archived Meetings | |
Taskforce Members
| Ellen Ahn, JD, MSW Executive Director, KCS OC Asian Pacific Islander COVID 19 Task Force |
The Most Rev. Timothy Freyer Auxiliary Bishop The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange |
Lieutenant Dave Main Orange County Sheriff's Department Security Bureau |
| Gloria Alvarado Orange County Labor Federation |
Joy Anne Fumera, RN, MSN Registered Nurse |
Al Mijares, PhD County Superintendent of Schools |
| Lisa Armony Senior Director, Community Relations OC interfaith Network Director Community Relations Jewish Federation OC |
Jeff Goad, Pharm.D., MPH, FAPhA, FISTM, FCPhA, FCSHP Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy Chapman University |
Mario A. Ortega President and CEO Abrazar, Inc |
| Whitney Ayers OC Regional Vice President Hospital Association of Southern California |
Laura Gomez Teacher Santa Ana Unified School District |
Jeff Pagano UCI, OC Veterans & Military Families Collaborative |
| Isabel Becerra Chief Executive Officer OC Coalition of Community Clinics |
Stu Greenberg Tustin Police Chief Representing Orange County Chiefs of Police and Sheriff's Assoc. |
Karen Pavic-Zabinski, PhD RN, MSN, MBA, MA, MS Regional Director Of Ethics Providence St. Joseph Health Southern California |
| Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPh Director and Founding Dean of the Program in Public Health University of California, Irvine |
Peter Himber, MD Medical Director for Regional Center for Orange County |
Emily Fonda, MD Interim Chief Medical Officer Cal Optima |
| Anderson, Michelle Orange County Sheriff's Department, Emergency Management Division Orange County Operational Area |
Philip Robinson, MD, FIDSA Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Hoag Hospital |
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| America Bracho, MPH, CDE Executive Director Latino Health Access |
Lisa Wright Jenkins President & CEO Council on Aging – Southern California |
Jasjit Singh, MD CHOC Children's Hospital |
| Margaret Bredehoft, Dr. PH Deputy Agency Director, Public Health Services OC Health Care Agency |
Candi Kern President Fourth District PTA |
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| Clayton Chau, MD, PhD Director OC Health Care Agency |
Aaron Kheriaty, MD UCI School of Medicine |
Rebecca Yee Ensign Services |
| Oliver Chi City Manager City of Huntington Beach |
Cevadne Lee, MPH Director, Community Outreach & Engagement University of California, Irvine |
Matt Zahn, MD Medical Director of the Division of Communicable Disease Control OC Health Care Agency |
| Dan Cooper, MD Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Research University of California, Irvine |
Anne Light, MD Medical Director OC Social Services Agency |
Megan Francis Executive Director, Orange County Dental Society OCDS Dental Health Foundation |
| Jason Cord, MD President & Board of Directors, Orange County Medical Association Chief of Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Orange County SCPMG Government Relations Lead, Orange County |
Adam Loeser Fire Chief for the Cities of Brea and Fullerton |
Peter Himber, MD, Medical Director for Regional Center for Orange County |
| Lucy Dunn President and CEO Orange County Business Council |
Helen Macfie, Pharm.D., FABC Chief Transformation Officer Executive Administrator, Clinically Integrated Network (C.I.N.) MemorialCare |
Raj Rajalingam Restaurant Industry |
