This is a sample of our amazing mentors, for the academic year 2020. AHEC Scholars get a chance to meet and choose a mentor to work with during their time in the program, our mentors represent various geographic locations, as well as careers and diverse backgrounds.
Please keep checking back on our list as we keep recruiting new outstanding members of our community to serve in this program.
Ivette Lopez, Ph.D., MPH
Professor (Lecturer), Family And Preventive Medicine, University of Utah
Rita Osborn, MBA
Executive Director, Utah Center for Rural Health
Kasey Shakespear, MHA, MPH, MA
Program Manager, Utah Center for Rural Health
Ana Sanchez-Birkhead, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, APRN
Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing
Juan Carlos Negrette, MBA
Director, Global Health at University of Utah — Health Sciences
David Sundwall, MD
Clinical Professor of Public Health at the University of Utah
Senator Steve Urquhart, JD
Utah House of Representatives, 29th Senate District
Angela C. Dunn, MD, MPH
Utah Department of Health — Bureau of Epidemiology
Karen E. Mulitalo, MPAS, PA‑C
Program Director, Utah Valley University College of Health
Erica Wight, PhD
Dean of Health Sciences, Salt Lake Community College
Yasmen Simonian, PhD
Dean, Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions at Weber State University.
Michael Magill, MD
Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Chair-Elect, American Board of Family Medicine
University of Utah
Ed Napia, EdD
Program Director for the Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake
Jose E. Rodriguez. MD
Associate Vice President for Health Equity and Inclusion, University of Utah
Fred Henderson, MHA
Center Director of the Northern Utah AHEC
Darin T. Ryujin, PA, MPAS, P‑AC
Associate Professor (Clinical), Family And Preventive Medicine, University of Utah
Joan Gallegos, RN, M.S.W.
Director, Community Engagement. Comagine Health.
David Sandweiss, MD
Director of Rural and American Indian Outreach for the Dept of Pediatrics Global, Rural, and Underserved Child Health Program
Steven Lacey, MS, PhD CIH, CSP, FAIHA
Chief, Division of Public Health, University of Utah School of Medicine
Mindy Bateman, BS
Director, Crossroads Utah AHEC
Caren J. Frost, MPH, PhD
Research Professor, Director of the Center for Migration & Refugee Integration at the University of Utah.
Eli Bermudez, MS, PhD
Dean, Dixie State University College of Health Sciences.
Cam Torres, MD, MBA
Director, Physician-Patient Experience at Emerus Health
