Task Force Member Roster

Task Force Member Bios

Supplier Diversity Advocate/Expert

• Tommy Smith - Manager, Economic Impact, Impact Spending at Kaiser Permanente

Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Advocate/Representative

• Imelda Alejandrino - Chief Executive Officer, AP42 Integrated Marketing
• Jose Plascencia - Business Owner/Principal, Jose Plascencia Allstate Agency 
• Cecil Plummer - President & CEO, Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council

Women Business Enterprise (WBE) Advocate/Representative

• Griselda Gonzalez - CFO, CG Moving Company 
• Vikita Poindexter - President, Poindexter Consulting Group

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) or Veteran Owned Business (VOB) Advocate/Representative

• Rebecca Aguilera-Gardiner - (Task Force Vice-Chair) Chief Executive Officer, Veterans in Business Network

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Business Enterprise (LGBTBE) Advocate/Representative

• Mark Morales - (Task Force Chair) - Vice President - SBA Loan Specialist, City National Bank, Co-Owner, Charles Jacobsen, Inc. - A Certified LGBT Business Enterprise

Governing Board Diversity Advocate/Expert

• Linda Akutagawa - President & CEO, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
• Annalisa Barrett - Senior Advisor, KPMG Board Leadership Center

Insurance Industry Representative 

• Fabiola Cobarrubias, M.D. - Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Inpatient Medical Group, Director - Board of Directors, ProAssurance
• Pradip Khemani - Vice President, Business Solutions & Strategic Alliances, Blue Shield of California

Persons with Disabilities Business Enterprise (PDBE) Representative/Advocate

• Vacant