2021-2023 Mentor

Dr. Laurie Bostick Cammon is a pediatrician who has been practice for the past 19 years, serving underserved communities. Prior to her practice at the Pediatric Healthy Lifestyles Clinic (PHLC) and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), Dr. Bostick Cammon served as Medical Director of the Alameda County Juvenile Hall and Kerry's Kids Mobile Health Clinic.

Dr. Kim Newell Green is pediatrician and the Immediate Past President of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society, and well as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. While in practice at Kaiser for over 10 years, she served as Chief of Healthcare Innovation, Chief of Physician Health and Wellness, and Co-Medical Director for the Passport to Health obesity program, working on developing and evaluating obesity treatment and prevention efforts and programs.

Dr. Emma Steinberg is a pediatrician and certified chef. She completed her residency in the Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved (PLUS) program at UCSF, a track devoted to development of pediatric leaders advancing health equity. She has diverse experience with food and nutrition, from creating curriculum, conducting school needs assessments, working on District-wide school health initiatives, to policy evaluation.

Since 2003 Dr. Pendurkar has been a dentist at Gardner Health Services, an FQHC in the heart of downtown San Jose. She is committed to improving access to care and the overall health of her patients, and has successfully advocated for the fluoridation of San Jose's drinking water. Dr. Pendurkar is part of the county's Coalition Against Sugar-Sweetened Beverages. She is a member of the Board of Directors at the Santa Clara County Dental Society, and a delegate to both the California Dental Association and the American Dental Association. Dr.

A foreign medical graduate from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dr. Tristan did her pediatric residency at Brackenridge Hospital/Children’s Hospital of Austin (Texas). She has lived in Imperial County for 17 years where, through close collaboration with the local health department, she has provided nutrition education to children who attend the Wellness 4 Kids program in Calexico. Wellness 4 Kids offers nutrition and physical activity services to children ages 2-18 with a BMI > 85%. Dr. Tristan is currently the program’s Medical Director.