Jeffrey Reynoso

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Bio

Dr. Jeffrey Reynoso is a public health leader with a strong commitment to advancing health equity and social justice through health policy and systems changes. His experience spans academia, government, and non-profit sectors at the national, state, and local levels. 

Most recently, he was appointed by President Joe Biden to represent the Biden-Harris Administration as Regional Director at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in Region 9 (Southwest & Pacific Region). He was the key representative for U.S. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra with state, local, territorial, tribal, and external partners in Region 9 which spans California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands, and 157 Federally-Recognized Tribes. 

Previously, he served as the Executive Director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC), a statewide organization that represents the health needs of the 16+ million Latino/a Californians through grassroots leadership development, strategic communications, and policy advocacy. He was responsible for strategic leadership and external relations, organizational development and financial management, and policy advocacy and programmatic initiatives. 
 
Dr. Reynoso has served on multiple boards including the Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) and the CA Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN). He has also been tapped to advise government agencies through the CA Department of Managed Healthcare (DMHC) Equity & Quality Committee, CA Department of Public Health (CDPH) Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, and Governor Gavin Newsom’s Master Plan for Aging Equity Workgroup. Dr. Reynoso has been quoted on issues ranging from health policy, public health, and Latino/a health in CalMatters, Los Angeles Times, Politico, Sacramento Bee, Telemundo, and Univision.
 
He has received numerous recognitions for his work including Public Health Alumni Champion by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Hispanic Health Leadership Award by the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), and Aspen Ideas Festival Health Scholar by the Ricardo Salinas Foundation Fellowship.

Education

• DrPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2017
• MPH, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 2013
• BA, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2009