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Vickie Ybarra, R.N., M.P.H.
 Director
of Planning and Development
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
Yakima, Washington
Vickie Ybarra, RN, MPH, is Director of Planning and
Development for the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic. She has extensive
experience in development, oversight, and evaluation of community programs
targeting Hispanic and Spanish-speaking populations. As an appointed member
of the Washington State Board of Health from 1998-2004, she provided
leadership for the Board's Health Disparities efforts, and in 2001
co-authored the Board's report on Health Disparities focusing on
diversifying the state healthcare workforce. She served on the Institute of
Medicine committee that produced the 2004 report, “In the Nation’s
Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce”.
Ms. Ybarra is president of the School Board in Yakima,
the state’s largest Hispanic-majority district. Most recently, Vickie was
appointed by Governor Gregoire to chair the Governor’s Interagency Council
on Health Disparities that was authorized during the 2006 Washington State
legislative session.
She has two sons, Luis 15 and Aaron 8.
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