{"id":711,"date":"2023-02-23T01:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T01:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:46:16","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Steering Committee began in 2018 as an internal commitment to identify and address institutional inequities affecting our workforce. Our committee is composed of a diverse group of employees within our department with various backgrounds and experiences. All committee members are dedicated to achieving race and gender equity to advance opportunities for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GARE Steering Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\"Sarina
Sarina J. Calderon<\/strong>
Associate Director
Office of Employee Health Management<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Rosanna
Rosanna Rodriguez<\/strong>
Staff Services Manager III
Division of Adult Parole Operations – Headquarters<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kevin
Kevin Grassel<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/strong>IT Specialist II
Office of Research<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Jaron
Jaron Nash<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
Chief Executive Officer
Avenal State Prison<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bridget
Bridget Kennedy
<\/strong>Staff Services Manager II
Human Resources<\/a>
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"Amber
Amber Williams
<\/strong>Acting Warden
Avenal State Prison<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Heather<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heather Duarte<\/strong> Community Resources Manager
Calipatria State Prison<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n
\"Iainnaido<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Iainnardo Black<\/strong> Associate Warden Calipatria State Prison<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Andrew<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Robertson
<\/strong>Staff Services Manager III
Division of Adult Parole Operations – Headquarters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Emma
Emma Regidor<\/strong>
<\/strong>EEO Attorney III
Office of Legal Affairs<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Eric
Eric Joe<\/strong><\/strong>
Ombudsman
Office of the Ombudsman<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\"Jeremy<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Brown<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correctional Administrator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Preetika
Preetika Nand-Lal
<\/strong>Attorney IV
CCHCS Office of Legal Affairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • Sarina J. Calderon, Asst. Deputy Director, Office of Employee Health Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rosanna Rodriguez, Staff Services Manager III, Division of Adult Parole Operations – Headquarters<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Preetika Nand-Lal, Attorney IV, CCHCS – Office of Legal Affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jaron Nash, Chief Executive Officer, CCHCS – Avenal State Prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Emma Regidor, EEO Attorney III, Office of Legal Affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kevin Grassel, Information Technology Specialist II, Office of Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Thy Vuong, Special Assistant to Undersecretary of Health Care Services, Office of the Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Eric Joe, Ombudsman, Office of the Ombudsman<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Amber Williams, Acting Warden, Avenal State Prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bridget Kennedy, Staff Services Manager II, Human Resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Andrew Robertson, Staff Services Manager III, Division of Adult Parole Operations – Headquarters<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Heather Duarte, Community Resources Manager, Calipatria State Prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Iainnardo Black, Associate Warden, Calipatria State Prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jeremy Brown, Correctional Administrator, Peace Officer Selection and Employee Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n
    \n
    \"Eleven
    From left: Emma Regidor, Attorney III, Sarina J. Calderon, Associate Director, Pretika Nand-Lal, Attorney IV, Eric Joe, Ombudsman, Amber Williams, Associate Warden, Kevin Grassel, IT Specialist II, Olivia Briones, Regional Personnel Administrator, Elizabeth Sherrell-Davis, Staff Services Manager I, Rosanna Rodriguez, Staff Services Manager II, Connie Gipson, Director, Michelle Laguna, AGPA (photo taken August 17, 2022 and does not reflect current committee membership)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    \"GARE
    The GARE Steering Committee visiting CHCF
    (photo taken 05\/15\/2024)

    Back Row, from Left to Right: Emma Regidor, Attorney III; Iainnardo Black, Correctional Captain; Fergus Leckie, Correctional Captain; Andrew Robertson, Staff Services Manager III; Jeremy Brown, Correctional Captain; Heather Duarte, Community Resources Manager.

    Front Row, from Left to Right: Joti Bolina, Chief Support Executive; Samridhi Soni, Admin Support; Natalie Miller, Staff Services Manager III; Sarina Calderon, Associate Director; Bridget Kennedy, Staff Services Manager II.
    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Steering Committee began in 2018 as an internal commitment to identify […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"hide_featured_image_on_mobile":false,"hide_featured_image_on_post_details":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWho We Are - CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who We Are - CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-09T17:46:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/11\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/\",\"name\":\"Who We Are - CDCR\\\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/204\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-23T01:05:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-09T17:46:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/204\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/204\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Sarina J. Calderon, picture of woman smiling\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/who-we-are\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Who We Are\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/\",\"name\":\"CDCR\\\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity\",\"description\":\"CDCR and CCHCS advancing racial equity and opportunities for all\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CDCR\\\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/204\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/cropped-cdcr-cchcs-logos-512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/204\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/cropped-cdcr-cchcs-logos-512.png\",\"width\":82,\"height\":82,\"caption\":\"CDCR\\\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\\\/gare\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Who We Are - CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Who We Are - CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/","og_site_name":"CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity","article_modified_time":"2025-12-09T17:46:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/11\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/","name":"Who We Are - CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/11\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-23T01:05:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-09T17:46:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/11\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2024\/11\/Calderon_Sarina-GARE-web.jpg","width":800,"height":1000,"caption":"Sarina J. Calderon, picture of woman smiling"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/who-we-are\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Who We Are"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/","name":"CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity","description":"CDCR and CCHCS advancing racial equity and opportunities for all","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/#organization","name":"CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity","url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2023\/12\/cropped-cdcr-cchcs-logos-512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/204\/2023\/12\/cropped-cdcr-cchcs-logos-512.png","width":82,"height":82,"caption":"CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"CDCR\/CCHCS Government Alliance on Race and Equity","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1556,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711\/revisions\/1556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/gare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}