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NALHE Chicagoland Chapter

“Promoting Latino Healthcare Leadership”

Chicagoland consists of the Chicago metropolitan area in northeastern Illinois, including Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. It covers all of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry and Will Counties in Illinois. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a 2020 census population of 9,618,502 and the combined statistical area which spans up to 19 counties had a population of nearly 10 million people. The Chicago area is the third-largest metropolitan area and combined statistical area in the United States. It is also the fourth-largest metropolitan area in North America, the largest within the Great Lakes megalopolis, and its urban area is one of the forty largest in the world.

The metropolitan area has seen an increase of Latin American residents according to the 2020 Census. The metropolitan area represents about 3 percent of the United States population.

The Chicago area is home to a number of the nation’s leading research universities including the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, DePaul University, Loyola University and Illinois Institute of Technology. The University of Chicago and Northwestern University are consistently ranked as two of the best universities in the world.

In a report released in 2017, it concluded that Chicago’s $69 billion healthcare industry has a diversity of assets that position the city to accelerate innovation and disruptive solutions at a pace uncommon in U.S. cities.”Bolstered by a core of world-class care institutions, medical technology enterprises, and life sciences researchers, the report identifies five critical factors that make the city a world healthcare industry leader:healthcare industry expertise, robust venture capital community, graduate medical education and vocational training system, growth of new technologies and unique collaborations.

 

Get to Know the Chicagoland Chapter Leadership Board

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Christina Martinez

President & Board Chair

Nancy Alonso

Immediate Past President

Phillip Shaffer

Treasurer

Open Board Position

Secretary

Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Munoz

Chair, Marketing & Communications

Name: 

Christina Martinez, MJ, BSN, RN, CHPC, CCEP

Board Role:

President & Board Chair

Professional Title:

Director of Compliance, Privacy and Ethics

Organization:

Heartland Alliance

Bio:

Christina Martinez is the Director of Compliance, Privacy and Ethics at a non-profit human rights organization. She is responsible for enforcing HIPAA privacy regulations for programs, ensuring privacy and ethics elements are integrated in collaborative research projects, and enterprise-wide compliance. Christina has also begun providing clinical compliance consulting services to other healthcare leaders.

Christina started her healthcare career 18 years ago as a Neonatal ICU and Pediatric RN. Her nursing career included work experiences in large hospital settings located in Chicago, Ann Arbor, MI, and Orange County and Los Angeles, CA. Christina’s career path then transitioned to administrative roles in Quality and Risk Management.

Christina obtained her Masters of Jurisprudence in Healthcare Law at Loyola University Chicago. She also has her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Psychology. Christina is also Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC) and as a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP). Christina loves to volunteer for children services and in the minority communities within Chicago
Name: 

Nancy Alonso, MSIR, Human Resources

Board Role:

Immediate Past President

Professional Title:

Vice-President of Human Resources

Organization:

CuraLinc Healthcare

Bio:

Nancy Alonso is the Vice-President of Human Resources at CuraLinc Healthcare. She is responsible for providing leadership in the areas of talent acquisition, employee engagement, employee relations, organization development and compliance. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Human Resources within healthcare.

Nancy earned a Master of Science degree in Industrial Relations and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Loyola University in Chicago, IL.
Name: 

Phillip Shaffer, MBA

Board Role:

Treasurer

Professional Title:

Regional Director

Organization:

American College of Healthcare Executives

Bio:

Phillip Shaffer is a mid-careerist with over 10 years of progressive healthcare experience in customer relations, process improvement, and strategic planning with a strong passion for problem solving and improving the customer and patient experience.

In his current role as Regional Director for the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), he is responsible for advancing organizational goals through outreach and engagement of key stakeholders and oversees 35 chapters with over 18,000 members across 22 states.

Prior to joining ACHE, he was the manager of customer relations at The Joint Commission, and worked in other various healthcare roles with Indiana University Health and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and a former National Baldrige examiner.
Name: 

Open Board Position

Board Role:

Secretary

Professional Title:

 

Organization:

 

Bio:

 
Name: 

Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Munoz

Board Role:

Chair, Marketing & Communications

Professional Title:

Healthcare Consultant

Organization:

Deloitte Consulting

Bio:

Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Munoz is a healthcare consultant at Deloitte Consulting within their Digital CARE practice. He guides international and domestic clients to adopt community best practices to improve clinical care and revenue cycle stability. He is the Chief Communications Officer for NALHE for the Chicagoland chapter and sits on the Alumni/Volunteer Committee for Northwestern.

He received his Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston in 2018. He was involved in student government, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).

Diego is of Mexican descent and was born and raised in Austin,Texas.

 

 

Strategic Plan

The NALHE Chicagoland Chapter Strategic Plan for 2023-2025 is currently in development!

Vision
To provide a framework to bring together Latino/Latina and multicultural healthcare leaders and professionals, early careerists, students, local industry experts, community stakeholders, partners, sponsors, and affiliates as a group to meet, discuss, and influence factors which affect the representation of Latino/Latina and multicultural individuals in healthcare leadership roles locally and regionally; to foster greater participation in the advancement of diversity and inclusion and health equity initiatives at a local level.

Purpose
*Support Latino/Latina and multicultural individuals who are in healthcare to grow and advance professionally and demonstrate to each other and to the local/regional industry the increasing contributions made by Latino/Latina and multicultural individuals within the healthcare management profession.
*Encourage and provide tools for members to advance professionally and academically in the healthcare management profession.
*Advocate for continued research, education and dissemination of information about Latino/Latina and multicultural community health issues at the local level.
*Support members’ full participation in the healthcare management profession and its organizations and use the Chapter as a local platform to connect and to learn.
*Support the advancement of community members that desire to launch a career in healthcare.

Contact the Chapter: Chicago@nalhe.org