Joseph Munso of Sacramento, with over 37 years of state service, currently serves as the Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency focusing on Health Information Technology, emergency preparedness, and health privacy issues. He also was responsible for the budget development process for the entire Health and Human Services Agency.

Previously, he served as Chief Deputy Director of the California Children and Families Commission. Joe was responsible for the start up of the State Commission and assisted in the development of many of the Commission’s early initiatives such as health care for all children 0-5 in California, and many other early learning programs.

Joe served as Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Health Services where he was responsible for the day-to-day management of a $35 billion budget and a number of public health programs, including the Medi-Cal program, preventative health services and primary care and family health services programs.

Joe also served many years as the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Social Services.

Molly Munger is a co-founder and director of the Advancement Project, a national organization founded in 1998 to create and promote new strategies for achieving inclusion and equity.  A 25-five year litigation veteran, she is also a co-founder and partner in the Los Angeles civil rights law firm English, Munger & Rice.  Between 1994 and 1998, Munger served with her current law partner, Connie Rice, as Western Regional Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Between 1974 and 1994, she served as an assistant United States Attorney, a partner in the all-women litigation firm Baird, Munger & Meyers, and a partner in the Los Angeles office of New York-based Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.

Munger is a graduate of Radcliffe College and Harvard Law School. She serves on the boards of the James Irvine Foundation, Occidental College, Children Now, Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools, and Westridge School for Girls.

Carla Dartis is part of the executive team at Tides responsible for the integrated management of the Tides organizations.  As Managing Director of Tides Center, Ms. Dartis directs its operations, including fiscal sponsorship services for more than 200 Tides Center projects.  She has spent more than 25 years in nonprofit management and economic development, providing support to vital nonprofit efforts.

Before joining Tides, Ms. Dartis was Vice President of Community Investment for the East Bay Community Foundation, and she has a list of other stellar accomplishments: Program Officer for Children, Families, and Communities at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Annie E. Casey Foundation Children and Families Leadership Fellow; Vice President for the Bank of America Community Development Bank; President of the Drew Economic Development Corporation; and Principal Loan Officer for the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development in Los Angeles.

Ms. Dartis is a member of First 5 California Commission and serves on the boards of the Zions Bank Community Investment Corporation and the Mercy Housing Loan Fund.  She holds a B.S. in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.

Dr. Maria E. Minon, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina currently serves as Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), a position she has held since 1998. In this capacity, Dr. Minon works to facilitate and oversee the activities of the medical staff, medical quality and patient safety, Psychology Training Program, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education, CHOC's Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Cancer Institutes and Clinical and Basic Science Research departments. Dr. Minon also served on the CHOC Board of Directors for three years. 

Dr. Minon has made a strong commitment to helping the community. Dr. Minon is the current Chair of the Orange County Children and Families Commission. She served the Orange County Medical Association (OCMA) as President for the 2000-2001 term. She has also served as OCMA's Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Minon is a Vice Chair for the Orange County Ronald McDonald House Board of Trustees as well as serving as Director for the Ronald McDonald House of Southern California Charities Board of Directors. She participates on the Latino Health Access Board of Directors. Dr. Minon is a diligent advocate for Health Care in Orange County as evidenced by her service on the California Medical Association Board of Trustees, Finance Committee, Nominating Committee and House of Delegates. She has served as President of the California Chapter IV of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and participated for six years on the AAP's Committee on Child Health Finances. 

Honors awarded to Dr. Minon include the 2007 OCMA Physician of the Year, the Charlie Hester Philanthropy Award, Outstanding Pediatric Student by the Orange Pediatric Society and Cum laude Honors from the UCI School of Humanities.

Dr. Minon earned her Medical Degree at University of California, Irvine . She conducted her post-graduate training at UCI Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Orange County, where she was appointed Chief Resident. UCI College of Medicine appointed Dr. Minon a faculty position as Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Minon worked in private practice for general pediatrics and adolescent medicine from 1979 to 1998.

Conway Collis is Senior Counselor and Chief Government Affairs Officer for Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS). DCHS is a California health care system of hospitals and medical centers committed to serving and advocating for low-income Californians and providing compassionate, holistic care to all. DCHS furthers the mission of its sponsors, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, who have provided health care to Californians since establishing the state’s first hospital in 1856. Collis previously served as an elected Member and Chairman of the California State Board of Equalization, a domestic policy advisor to U.S. Sen. Alan Cranston, and a Committee Counsel for the U.S. Senate.

As a Counsel for the U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and domestic policy advisor to U.S. Senator Alan Cranston, Collis was responsible for advising on federal domestic public policy issues including poverty, health and social and legal services.

Collis was elected to the California State Board of Equalization, California’s umbrella tax and revenue agency, in 1982. Re-elected in 1986, he served as Chairman of the Equalization Board, overseeing an agency with over 1500 employees in 57 offices. He wrote and sponsored a number of new laws and regulations, including the State Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, tax credits for employer-sponsored childcare and the elimination of tax benefits for discriminatory private clubs. He also implemented a broad modernization and reform of the state tax bureaucracy. While on the Board, Collis chaired a major 1986 statewide voter registration drive, registering nearly 300,000 voters, and was the proponent of a 1988 statewide initiative to address housing and homelessness through a coordinated, cost-effective program. In 2001, he served as Chairman of the California State Senate Bipartisan Task Force on Homelessness.

Most recently, Collis initiated the Medi-Cal provider fee (AB 1383 by Dave Jones, D-Sac) on behalf of DCHS, which is projected to generate $3.5 billion to provide health care to low- income Californians and over $300 million for children’s health care.

Collis currently serves on the boards of Kids In Sports, Alliance of Catholic Health Care and Private Essential Access Community Hospitals.

Collis graduated with honors from Occidental College in 1970 and Stanford Law School in 1974. He is married to Margaret S. Henry, Supervising Superior Court Judge of Los Angeles County Dependency Court. They have two sons, Rocky and Luke.

Patrick Duterte has served as director of the Solano County Department of Health and Social Services since 2001. He previously worked in Silicon Valley’s Santa Clara County Human Services Agency as Director of Employment and Benefit Services, and managed child welfare and employment programs in San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. He also has worked as a rehabilitation counselor and counseling supervisor.

In addition to the First 5 California State Commission, Mr. Duterte serves on the boards of United Way of the Bay Area, the National Association of County Human Services Administrators, Partnership Health Plan of California and Workforce Investment.

Following a tour of duty in Vietnam, Mr. Duterte received his bachelor and master degrees from University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State, respectively.

Mr. Duterte and his wife, Diane, have been married for 31 years, and have five children ranging in age from 13 to 29. They currently reside in Fairfield, CA.