Dr. Gibbs is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease and is the Vice President for Institutional Diversity at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. In this capacity, he serves as the director of institutional programs and initiatives related to diversity issues. He has designed, developed, and produced workshops and seminars, both internal and multi-center, focused on minority faculty and staff development. His work includes diversity initiatives for organizational advancement, mentoring, and cross-cultural communications. He is the Chairman of the Diversity Council and the Affirmative Action Officer at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He has served as a member of the Chancellor's advisory task force on the status of minority faculty and staff at The University of Texas, and is a member of The University of Texas System Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities. In his present role as Vice President for Institutional Diversity he directs the Workforce Diversity, Outcome Measures and Compliance, Recruitment and Representation, and the Diversity and Cancer Disparities programs at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of Houston's International Institute for Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management. Dr. Gibbs received his Bachelor's degree in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. He has also received postgraduate training at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gibbs is someone who has impacted the outlook of diversity, not only in the workplace but also in the community.

Marilyn J. Stanton-White is the Director of Clinic and Behavioral Health Services for Methodist Healthcare Ministries, the largest non-profit healthcare organization providing healthcare services to the least served populations in San Antonio and South Texas. The MHM mission is “Serving Humanity to Honor God”. Ms Stanton-White is responsible for the development and operation of interdisciplinary primary care clinics and develops pertinent policies as these fulfill the missions, goals and objectives of the Methodist Healthcare Ministries. Ms Stanton-White holds a MA in Health Services Management from Webster University and a BA in Social Psychology from Park University. She has more than 30 years experience in several aspects of military and civilian healthcare administration including; ambulatory care operations, medical facility construction project management, nurse-line product management; biomedical research operations, medical recruiting and healthcare marketing. She has presented at Minnesota State University, Mankato, on Healthcare Disparities among the Pan African Community, the National Association of Healthcare Executives on Transformational Leadership and the Texas Non Profit Resource Center on Workplace Diversity. Marilyn is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Member of the Medical Group Management Association and the National Association of Healthcare Executives. Ms Stanton-White provides service to the community through several non-profit agencies; Chair, Advisory Council, Alpha Tau Omega- Senior Opportunity Services, Inc., San Antonio Ivy Educational Fund, and the South West Affiliate, Health Equity Committee of the American Heart Association. She is also an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. When she is not busy with community obligations, Marilyn builds dollhouses and spends time with her family.

Pilar Oates has over 20 years experience in health and human services. Her community health practice is grounded in the sociological understanding of the upstream influences of health-related behaviors and neighborhood contexts on health outcomes. She has extensive experience in non-profit management, with strong competencies in strategic planning, organizational development, executive leadership development, coalition building and grant making. Ms. Oates was a founding director and served as Executive Director of the Methodist Healthcare Ministries (MHM) of South Texas, Inc., a faith-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing medical and health-related human services to low-income families and the uninsured of 72 counties of South Texas. During her 17 year tenure at MHM, Ms. Oates helped to shape the organization’s strategy of community health, which grew from one program of $200,000 for 1,200 clients in 1995 to a budgeted expenditure of $72 million in 2012 to provide nearly 800,000 client encounters. Throughout her career, Ms. Oates has demonstrated a commitment to community service that includes working for the City of San Antonio’s Department of Community Initiatives. In addition to her service with the City of San Antonio and MHM, She is involved in several community initiatives that are significantly improving outcomes for individuals and families across the region. Ms. Oates’s service to her community has been celebrated by the San Antonio Commission on Literacy, which recognized her as a leader in the promotion of Lifelong Learning. In addition, she has been the recipient of the American Heart Association’s William T. Wright Award for community service. Ms. Oates is a graduate of the Community Education Leadership Program, Leadership Texas and Leadership America. Most recently, she served on the executive team of the Mayor’s Fitness Council, an initiative to fight against obesity in San Antonio. Ms. Oates has served on numerous boards to include chairing the Bexar County Health Collaborative and CI: NOW, an organization affiliated with the Urban Institute’s NNIP. Ms.Oates received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Texas at San Antonio with concentrations in sociology, psychology, and bicultural – bilingual studies.

Ms. Zamora is currently a doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. Her research focus is informed consent and health literacy among the older adult population. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing who teaches 3rd semester baccalaureate nursing students in Chronic Care and Acute Care clinical settings. She has also taught accelerated baccalaureate nursing students in Clinical Immersion. She has served on the Committee of Faculty and Student Affairs. She worked as faculty adviser with Dr. Rogers in the recruitment and retention of minority undergraduate nursing students.

Dr. Glass is Professor in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the UTHSCSA School of Dentistry. Dr. Glass received her DDS from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School in 1975 and her MS from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 1983. Dr. Glass has 39 years of experience in dental education during which she had a variety of roles in both didactic and clinical teaching to Dental Students, Dental Hygiene students and Advanced Education Students. She is a diplomate of both the American Academy of Oral Medicine and the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Dr. Glass has numerous publications and has been an invited lecturer nationally. She is lead author on a pocket booklet entitled “Vamos al Dentista” which has English to Spanish translations of commonly used terms and phrases in the Dental Office.

Adelita G. Cantu, PhD, RN received her BSN from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX; her MS with a focus on population health nursing from Texas Women’s University in Dallas, TX, and her PhD in clinical nursing research from UTHSCSA School of Nursing. Currently Dr. Cantu is an assistant professor at the UTHSCSA School of Nursing Family and Community Health Systems Department. She teaches in the Population Focused nursing course and her research interests include understanding the sociocultural context and intra person mediators of the initiation and sustainability of physical activity in older Mexican American women as well as its impact on diabetes development.