Valleywise Community Health Centers Governing Council

Scott brings a compassion for patients and business experience to help communities access health care resources. He moved to the Arizona in the 1980s and became an advocate for the LGBTQ community. He started a group which helped allocate federal funds to combat the early outbreak and recently earned a lifetime achievement award from Let’s Get Better Together. Scott spent 12 years at APS in various roles. He ran Valley Leadership, a  program that helps emerging leaders of the community and he serves as a partner at Strategic Change Management, for non-profits with an emphasis in behavioral health and homelessness. He graduated from UT at Austin.

Marisue Garganta served as Director of Community Health Integration and Community Benefit at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. In that role, she acted as an organizer of Arizona Communities of Care, a network of local nonprofit organizations that partner with Dignity Health to meet social determinants of health for the working poor and people experiencing homelessness. Marisue also served on the board of directors for the Maricopa Association of Governments Continuum of Care Committee, Advisory Council for the American Hospital Association, Catholic Charities of Arizona, Foundation for Senior Living, Keogh Health Connections and many other nonprofit organizations. She continues to serve the community through her consulting efforts and continues to volunteer her services to improve the lives of others.

Christopher Hooper is an Arizona native and has been an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community in Phoenix for over 30 years. He is a 35-year restaurant industry veteran and an award-winning restaurant manager. He is currently a storyteller for the Valleywise Health Speakers Bureau “Voice of Hope”, speaking to various local organizations on HIV prevention and advocacy. He hopes to lend the knowledge and wisdom he has learned in his career to improve the patient and employee experience. His 30 years of personal experience navigating through HIV programs will bring a strong “voice of the patient” perspective to the Governing Council.

Salina Imam is the Community Development Coordinator with ICNA Relief.  She assists and empowers underprivileged Americans through sustainable social service programs and helps to build healthy communities, strengthen families, and create opportunities for those in despair, while maintaining their dignity and advocating for their basic human needs. She is very passionate about her job and has enjoyed helping her local community for over a decade.  She was born and raised in Bangladesh, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree.  She has lived in Chandler, Arizona with her husband and son for over 25 years.

Liz McCarty is a fifth-generation Arizonan and attended ASU. She owned Coldwell Banker McCarty Realty for 25 years and was the Vice-Chairman of Frontier State Bank and served on the White Mountain Association of Realtors and Arizona Association of Realtors and Foster Care Review Board of Navajo County . She held positions with the Show Low Chamber of Commerce, White Mountains Division American Heart Association and Northland Pioneer College Real Estate Advisory Committee. She’s certified as a Confidential Intermediary and works to reconnect birth parents and adoptees. Liz resides in Scottsdale with her husband and enjoys photography, gardening and cooking.

Eileen Sullivan has practiced law for fifteen years and worked as a Maricopa County Deputy Public Defender and Deputy Legal Advocate. She received her bachelor’s degree from ASU and Juris Doctor degree from John Marshall Law School. She interned with the US Department of State and United Airlines Legal Department.  Eileen served as National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Southwest Regional Governor and on numerous committees, councils and boards including the Board of Directors of the Arizona Asian American Bar Association. She received the Sandra Day O’Connor Community Service award from Junior League of Phoenix and Top Ten Solo Practitioner award from Greater Phoenix Attorney at Law Magazine in 2012.

Jane came to Phoenix in the late 70’s to help secure public acceptance and approval for the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant at Arizona Public Service.

Following her 20 years in various public relations, advertising, and corporate communications positions at APS, Jane worked at St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (now Dignity Health) as Vice President of Corporate and Public Relations and Marketing Communications.

Mary Rose Wilcox joined the Maricopa County Special Health Care District Board of Directors in 2016. She has served on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Maricopa County Hospital Health System Board. She received the Guadalupe Family Health Center Award of Appreciation and was honored with the MIHS Dedication Award. She was the first Latina elected to the Phoenix City Council and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and helped create the Hispanic Women’s Corporation. She also served on the National Council of La Raza and NALEO. She and her husband run a local Mexican food restaurant and have a daughter and five grandsons.