Staff Directory

Executive Office

E. Roberta ("Bobbi") Ryder ( )
Chief Executive Officer
Bobbi fulfills the corporation's executive functions under the direction of the NCFH board of directors. She gives NCFH the benefit of her years of professional experience and personal involvement with migrant families through community activities. She is the former Executive Director of the Migrant and Rural Community Health Association (MARCHA) in Bangor, Michigan.

Hilda Bogue ( )
Leadership Development Manager
Her primary responsibility is the planning, implementation and coordination of the NCFH Leadership Development Program for Migrant Health Centers. Hilda is a registered nurse, a MATCH fellow, a Certified Health Education Specialist and holds a master's degree in Community Health Education from Western Illinois University. Her experience includes program management, grant writing, program development, direct patient care, health education, community needs assessment, outreach, and coordination of health promoters programs. Before joining NCFH in August 2001, Hilda worked in various capacities at Community Health of South Dade, Inc. in Miami, Florida for 8 years.

Andrea Estrada-Boren ( )
Executive Assistant
Andrea joined NCFH in October 2006. As Executive Assistant, she provides administrative support to the CEO and is responsible for a variety of special projects and initiatives of NCFH, as well as NCFH relations with the Board and constituents. She has over 12 years of experience in program development, implementation and administration for non-profit organizations. Prior to joining NCFH, she was the coordinator of a training program for Special Education teachers at Texas State University – San Marcos.

Finance & Administration

Eric Frank ( )
Finance Manager
Eric has over 20 years experience in planning, reporting, analyzing and auditing management information systems for profit and nonprofit organizations. He manages and directs the accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting functions of NCFH. Eric oversees the annual audit and fiscal grant management, administers the benefits and personnel recordkeeping functions, participates in the overall strategic and operational planning process of the organization, and manages the offices of NCFH.

Susan Hernandez ( )
Finance and Administration Assistant
Susan joined NCFH in October of 2002 as the Finance Assistant. She handles A/P, A/R, Payroll and assists with the
administration of employee benefits and personnel record-keeping. She has recently taken over the duties of
Office Manager and Reception. Prior to NCFH, she worked in the Accounting department of a semi-conductor company
where her main duties were handling A/R, Collections, and assisting the Staff Accountant.

Library & Information Resources

Ismael Rangel ( )
Director of Information Management
Ismael joined NCFH in May of 2001 bringing with him an extensive history in human resources as well as database and technology experiences. He has a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas Library and Information Science School and over 15 years work experience in human service organizations. He is currently responsible for maintaining the agency network and databases as well as generating information mined from the resources of NCFH.

 Program Services

Sylvia Partida ( )
Chief Operations Officer
Sylvia joined NCFH in January 2000 as the Director of Program Services. She works with the Program Coordinators in managing the activities conducted through the Program Services Department including the Call For Health program, the Friends of Farmworker Families Fund, a CDC-funded comprehensive cancer program, and the Texas Oral Health Initiative. She also oversees development and production of NCFH educational materials and newsletters, content and logistics for meetings and conferences. Sylvia has extensive experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of community health programs targeting diverse populations including at-risk adolescents, indigent populations and migrant farmworkers.

Alicia Gonzales ( )
Leadership Development and Training Center Director
Alicia joined NCFH in January 1997 and is responsible for the overall management and implementation of a Comprehesive Cancer Program with a special emphasis on breast and cervical cancer. She is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program within migrant health centers. She oversees the development of educational materials such as a training curriculum to train Promotoras on cancer education as well as other patient educational materials to be used to educate the farmworker community on cancer. She also has expertise in the development and implementation of lay health worker programs and conducts training at the local, state and national levels.

Monica Saavedra-Embesi ( )
Migrant Health Education Coordinator
Monica joined NCFH in September of 1999 as a Certified Health Education Specialist. Monica is responsible for health education material development, program development, health trainings and translation. She is also the editor of the Farmworker News a newsletter published and distributed by the National Center for Farmworker Health. In addition, Monica is the HIV/Program Coordinator. She is responsible for the coordination of our NCFH, HIV/AIDS project-“Hombres Preparados” for male M/SFW’s.

Ramona Arredondo ( )
Administrative Assistant
Ramona joined NCFH in March of 2003 as the Administrative Assistant for the Leadership Development and Training Center. Her primary role is providing a variety of clerical and administrative support for the LDTC Director and on-going programmatic assistance to staff. Her responsibilities also include coordinating logistics for all workshop/trainings provided by the center.

Moraima Duran ( )
Call for Health Assistant
Moraima joined NCFH in August 2001. Her primary role is to maintain the Call for Health information and referral toll free line (nationwide) and assist the bilingual/bicultural farmworker population in increasing access to health care. Prior to joining NCFH, Moraima worked for 8 years with the Hays School District as principal's secretary.

Josh Shepherd ( )
Resource Center Manager
Josh joined NCFH in October of 2001 and he is responsible for day-to-day management of the NCFH Library and Resource Center. He suprevisies the cataloguing and dissemination of materials from the Library and Resource Center, as well as responding to requests for information and conducting research for NCFH staff and our constituents with migrant health specific problems.