Jane L. Delgado, Ph.D., M.S.
President and CEO
Dr. Delgado, President and CEO, has led the Alliance to be the foremost source of information for the health of Hispanics in the United States. She is a trusted advocate and has a PhD in clinical Psychology (SUNY Stony Brook), MS (W. Averell Harriman School of Urban and Policy Sciences), MA (NYU). Prior positions incl. Senior Policy Advisor Immediate Office of the Sec. of US DHHS, Children's Talent Coordinator for Sesame Street, and various other positions. She serves on several national boards (Kresge Foundation, Northern Virginia Health Foundation, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute) and is regularly sought out by the media as a commentator. She has received numerous awards. For 2007, People en Español identified her as one of the 100 most influentials throughout the US and Latin America.
Learn more by visiting Dr. Delgado’s Blog, JANE ON HEALTH
Adolph P. Falcón, M.P.P.
Senior Vice President
Mr. Falcón, Senior Vice President, currently oversees the science and policy portfolio of the Alliance. A nationally recognized expert on Hispanic health policy, he played a leading role in the landmark Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990 and most recently has been active in health information technology policy, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, access for underserved communities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mr. Falcón currently serves as principal investigator for the Alliance/Merck Ciencia Hispanic Scholars Program, a $4 million scholarship and internship program to increase Hispanic participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. He has served as principal investigator for initiatives funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation among others. Mr. Falcón is a founding steering committee member of the Partnership to Improve Patient Care, Board of Advisors for the PBS television series, Second Act, and an editor of the bilingual health magazine, NIH MedlinePlus Salud. He has served on the Board of the Children’s Safety Network, Public Finance Project, U.S. Programs Committee of Save the Children, the Welfare Information Network, and was a Ziegler Fellow in Civil Rights and Human Liberties.
In a career committed to the policies and services that serve the aspirations of Hispanic communities, prior to joining the Alliance Mr. Falcón was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, a senior associate at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and a family services program director at the Hill Health Center. He received his Masters of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.
Kevin L. Adams
Vice President for Technology
Mr. Adams is the Vice President for Technology for the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance). He currently leads in technology product deployment, directs all software and hardware procurement decisions, directs technical integration and operations activities, and directs in-service support staff.
In previous roles at the Alliance, Mr. Adams was responsible for strategic planning of the Alliance’s internal and external networks, web development and deployment, hotline database development, and Internet-based membership services. Prior to his work in the field of Technology, Mr. Adams began his career in the Finance Department at the Alliance in 1987.
Mr. Adams holds a business degree from George Mason University.
Hazel E. Moss, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Hazel E. Moss, CPA, is the chief financial officer of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (The Alliance) and a financial consultant. Ms. Moss has more than 37 years of experience in the finance arena. She has worked in the finance department of The Alliance for more than 25 years serving as chief financial officer and treasurer for several years. Her responsibilities include the organization complying with generally accepted accounting principles, preparation of information for financial and government audits, and indirect cost submissions.
As a financial consultant for more than 35 years, her focus is with financial activities and computerized financial systems for small and medium size businesses.
As an auditor for an international accounting firm and a major commercial firm her duties involved financial and operational audits.
After earning a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, she continues to remain current with the changes in the financial area by taking courses in financial management and federal taxation, and attending seminars and workshops.
Magdalena Castro-Lewis
Director, Center for Community Services
Magdalena Castro-Lewis is the Director of the Center for Community Services at the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance). The Center Director for Community Services provides oversight of the Alliance’s national, multi-year programs in the areas of disease prevention, health promotion, and technical assistance to community-based organizations, health care professionals, and communities. In addition, the Center for Community Services manages the Alliance’s helplines: The National Hispanic Prenatal Helpline and Su Familia: The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline that provide callers with free and reliable information and referrals to health care services in their communities. Major multi-site multi-year initiatives under this Center are Let’s Talk about Cancer; Nuestras Familias: Medicaid and CHIP for Hispanic Children; Hypertension Control is in Your Hands; and La Promesa: Medicare Diabetes Preventive Care Benefits. Other important initiative carried out under this Center was the La Promesa (The Promise): Delivering the Medicare Message to Hispanics, which was the Alliance's effort to ensure that Hispanics who have Medicare may take advantage of the new Medicare benefits. During her sixteen-year tenure at the Alliance, Ms. Castro-Lewis has Directed the Vacunas para la familia: Immunization for All Ages –– Vaccines for the family––, Moving Forward: CHIP for Hispanic Children, Caring for Hispanics: Culturally Competent Systems of Care, and other initiatives on prenatal care and disabilities.
Presently, Ms. Castro-Lewis represents the Alliance in the Advisory Commission for Childhood Vaccination (ACCV), a federal commission to advise HHS on vaccine safety issues and other boards and committees, including the Advisory Committee for the Hispanic Initiative of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She is a past board member of Every Child by Two (Mrs. Rosalyn Carter's immunization campaign) and the Health Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition.
Ms. Castro-Lewis' professional interest has increasingly focused on efforts to improve the health and education status of the Hispanic community in the United States. She has extensive experience developing culturally and linguistically proficient health education materials for Hispanics and contributing to the development of national and community-based partnerships geared to improving the health and education of Hispanic families.
She received a licentiate degree in Sociology from La Salle University and performed graduate work in the area of social-educational research at the Unversidad Pedagógica de Colombia. Both institutions of higher education are located in Bogotá, Colombia.