LA County Department of Public Health

Main Contact
Office of Violence Prevention General Inquiries and Questions		626-293-2610 ovp@ph.lacounty.gov

Media Inquiries		626-293-2610 twaldman@ph.lacounty.gov

Data Requests For violence-related data requests, click here.		ovpdata@ph.lacounty.gov
Office of Violence Prevention
Executive Director Andrea Welsing		awelsing@ph.lacounty.gov

Deputy Director Kelly Fischer		kfischer@ph.lacounty.gov

Administrative Support Eileen Manasan		emanasan@ph.lacounty.gov

Contracts and Grants Samantha Tsui Diana Chavez		stsui@ph.lacounty.gov dchavez2@ph.lacounty.gov
Communications
Communication Strategist Tom Waldman Web & Graphic Designer Jessica Phung	Media Requests and Inquiries	626-293-2610 twaldman@ph.lacounty.gov jphung@ph.lacounty.gov
Data and Reports
Supervising Epidemiologist Isabelle Sternfeld Epidemiologist Michelle Chan Epidemiologist Ricardo Contreras Research & Evaluation Coordinator Vagarshak Avetisyan	Data Requests Mapping/GIS National Violent Death Registration Reporting System (NVDRS) Open Data Portal	isternfeld@ph.lacounty.gov mchan@ph.lacounty.gov rcontreras@ph.lacounty.gov vavetisyan@ph.lacounty.gov
Health Education
Community Health Educator Celeste Del Valle		ovp@ph.lacounty.gov
Crisis Response Program Care Action Response Team (CART)
Program Coordinator Charlotte Robinson-Perkins		crobinson-perkins@ph.lacounty.gov
Family Assistance Program
Clinical Social Worker Supervisor Linda Reyna		lreyna@ph.lacounty.gov
Regional Violence Prevention Coalitions (RVPC)
Program Coordinator Nana Sarkodee-Adoo		nsarkodee-adoo@ph.lacounty.gov
Suicide Prevention
Program Coordinator Nana Sarkodee-Adoo		nsarkodee-adoo@ph.lacounty.gov
Trauma Informed and Healing Centered Care
Trauma Informed Care Specialist Hannah Denyer		hdenyer@ph.lacounty.gov
Trauma Prevention Initiative (TPI)
TPI Co-Leads Aarti Harper Keith Baker	Intervention Capacity Building Hospital Violence Intervention Program Park Partnerships Positive Youth Development Westmont West Athens and Florence Firestone Willowbrook and Compton	asharper@ph.lacounty.gov kebaker@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Regional Coordinators Ivette Diaz-Quintero Nellie Marie Nunez	East LA, Puente Valley, Pomona Antelope Valley & Hawaiian Gardens/Norwalk	idiaz-quintero@ph.lacounty.gov nnunez2@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Supervising Community Health Worker Cristina Zuniga		czuniga2@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Community Health Workers Diana Pyror-Love Francisco Noyola Michelle Frias	Antelope Valley Hawaiian Gardens/Norwalk East LA, Puente Valley, Pomona Westmont West Athens, Willowbrook, Florence Firestone, and Unincorporated Compton	dpryor-love@ph.lacounty.gov fnayola@ph.lacounty.gov mfrias@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Expert LaNaisha Edwards		ledwards@ph.lacounty.gov

TPI Data and Evaluation Alfonso Martin		amartin@ph.lacounty.gov
American Rescue Plan – Trauma Prevention Partnerships
Community Liaison Dawn Franks Project Manager Ray Zacarias Violence Prevention Researcher Tatheer Adnan Contract and Finance Manager Lolita Smith		dfranks@ph.lacounty.gov rzacarias@ph.lacounty.gov tadnan2@ph.lacounty.gov lsmith2@ph.lacounty.gov

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