Xóchitl Castañeda

Project Director,
California-Mexico Health Initiative,
CPRC,Office of the President,
University of California,
1950 Addison Street, Suite 203,
Berkeley, CA 94720-7410.

Dr. Xóchitl Castañeda is the Project Director of the California-Mexico Health Initiative, a partnership created in 2001 by Mexican President Vicente Fox and the University of California. In her role as Project Director, Dr. Castañeda is involved in cross-border studies to assess how widespread diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB are among migrant workers, with the long-term goal to enhance prevention and treatment.

Vijaya Hogan, Dr. PH.

Clinical Associate Professor,
Maternal and Child Health,
School of Public Health,
CB 7445, Rosenau Hall,
UNC-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445.

Dr. Vijaya Hogan, Dr. PH. is the Director of Curriculum on Health Disparities and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal Health and Child Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is well known for her work on maternal and child health and disparities in preterm delivery among minority populations.

Dionne Bagsby

Tarrant County Commissioner (Retired),
6912 Vista Ridge,
Fort Worth, TX 76132.

Ms. Dionne Bagsby served as a Tarrant County commissioner from 1988 until Dec. 31, 2004. Ms. Bagsby was the first African American and woman to sit on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. She provided leadership for African-Americans and set positive examples for community service activities. During her tenure, Tarrant County did business with a more diverse group of businesses -- and had an increasingly diverse work force. Her expertise will be valuable for the TCHD.