Yolanda Vera
Senior Deputy for Healthcare Services and Advocacy
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Yolanda Vera has an extensive background in civil rights with a dedicated focus on health related matters. Her legal work included positions with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, the National Health Law Program, and the Western Center on Law and Poverty. Most recently as the Director of LA Health Action, a California Endowment-funded non-profit dedicated to improving the health of low-income Los Angeles County communities, Ms. Vera took the lead to preserve and improve healthcare throughout Los Angeles.
Ms. Vera has served as a board member of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California and the Child Health Initiative of Greater Los Angeles. She was previously appointed by Los Angeles City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the Board of Civil Service Commissioners.
A resident of Los Angeles, Ms. Vera earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English from Loyola Marymount University, and a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the UCLA School of Law.
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Links:
L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas names healthcare deputy (L.A. Times)
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Announces Selection of Yolanda C. Vera to Serve as Health Deputy (PDF)
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