Staff

Senior Leadership

Jacy, a smiling Black-Filipina woman with dark long hair in green top and yellow cardigan

Jacy Bell Farkas, PhD

Director

520-626-2207

jkbell@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her

Administrative Operations

Lupita, smiling Latina woman with shoulder length dark hair, wearing a red top and glasses

M. Lupita Loftus

Administrative Assistant

520-626-0442

loftusm@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her/ella

Danielle, a blonde hair woman in red top smiling

Danielle M. Hallahan

Program Manager

520-626-0677

daniellehallahan@arizona.edu

Communications

Drew Milne

Content Coordinator

Peer Mentor

drewmilne@arizona.edu

Kate Larsen

Digital Communications Assistant

Student Worker

kolarsen@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her

Community Training & Outreach

Barbara Brent

Community Informed System Change Liaison

barbarabrent@arizona.edu

Ava Gutierrez, MA

Training Assistant

520-626-3117

dalila99@arizona.edu

Paavlena Madhivanan

Project Assistant

Peer Mentor

paavlenam@arizona.edu

Gabriel Martinez

Project Assistant

Peer Mentor

gabrielmartinez1@arizona.edu

Paul McLaughlin

Event Assistant

mclaugh1@arizona.edu

Woman with long dark hair and glasses wearing a purple blouse

Lorie Sandaine, CESP, CWIC

Systems Change Liaison

lorie@arizona.edu

Portrait of Makenna Thuringer, a white woman with long straight red hair, wearing a powder blue blazer.

Makenna Thuringer, MPH

Health Promotion Aide, Employment Initiatives

Student Worker

makennathuringer@arizona.edu

Celina Urquidez, MPH

Senior Coordinator, Education and Training

520-621-8667

celinau@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her/ella

woman with long brown hair, wearing a red blouse and is smiling at the camera

Gina Griffiths

Employment First Coordinator

griffiths@arizona.edu

woman with long blonde hair and she is smiling at the camera

Jessica Winchester

Employment First Program Manager

winchesterj@arizona.edu

Community Services

Tamsen Bassford, MD

Medical Director

Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine

bassford@arizona.edu

Sarah Loreto

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist – Tucson

sloreto@arizona.edu

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Loretta Alvarez, BS, MSE

Employment and Transition Program Manager

lbalvarez@arizona.edu

Lisa Ayo

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist – Phoenix

lisaayo@arizona.edu

Preslee Buher

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist – Phoenix

presleebuher@arizona.edu

Amy Leija

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist- Casa Grande

aleija@arizona.edu

AnnaMaria Lopez

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist – Tucson

annamarialopez@arizona.edu

Victoria Martinez

Skills Instructor – Phoenix

vcmartinez@arizona.edu

Kelsey Montaño, BA, ACRE

Pre-ETS Project Coordinator

kmontano1@arizona.edu

Ariana Rendon

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist – Phoenix

arianarendon@arizona.edu

Yumi, smiling Japanese woman with dark hair and wearing glasses

Yumi Shirai, PhD

Director, ArtWorks

Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine

520-621-9427

yumish@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her

Kandis Spencer

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist - Window Rock

kandisspencer@arizona.edu

Jocelyn Watson

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist

Student Worker

jocelynw@arizona.edu

Native Initiatives

Jacy Bell Farkas, PhD

Director

520-626-2207

jkbell@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her

Alanna Begay

Project Aide

Student Worker

alannabegay@arizona.edu

Native woman with long dark hair wearing a yellow blouse and turquoise necklace

Agnes Attaki, MPA

Program Director

agnesa@arizona.edu

Rosa Rojas Franco

Project Coordinator

520-626-0442

rojasfranco@arizona.edu

Treva Roanhorse

Elder Advisor

Kandis Spencer

Pre-ETS Vocational Specialist - Window Rock

kandisspencer@arizona.edu

Mateo TreeTop

Graphic Designer

mateo@diverseabilityincorporated.org

Jim E. Warne

Affiliate

ucedd@arizona.edu

Student Education

Jacy Bell Farkas, PhD

Director

520-626-2207

jkbell@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her

Ava Gutierrez, MA

Training Assistant

520-626-3117

dalila99@arizona.edu

Celina Urquidez, MPH

Senior Coordinator, Education and Training

520-621-8667

celinau@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her/ella

Research & Policy

Barbara Brent

Community Informed System Change Liaison

barbarabrent@arizona.edu

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Ajai Iyer

Student Research Assistant

aji2@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

they, them

Affiliated Faculty

Tamsen Bassford, MD

Medical Director

Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine

bassford@arizona.edu

Julie, smiling white woman with brown hair and wearing a turquoise necklace

Julie Armin, PhD

Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine

520-626-4166

jarmin@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her

Duke Duncan, MD

Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

Professor Emeritus

ARSOBO Co-Founder

520-907-7865

brduncan@arizona.edu

Brandy James, PhD

Lecturer, Family & Community Medicine

bjames2@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her/hers

Yumi Shirai, PhD

Director, ArtWorks

Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine

520-621-9427

yumish@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

she/her

Lynne Tomasa, PhD

Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine

ltomasa@arizona.edu