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He hoihoi nui ko mākou papa hoʻonohonoho e hoʻolaha i ke olakino.

ʻO Ben L. Bynum, MD, MBA, MPH ʻO ia ka luna nui o ka hoʻopukapuka hopena ma ka Colorado Health Foundation. Hoʻokumu ʻo Dr. Bynum i ka papahana hoʻopukapuka hopena o Colorado Health Foundation a ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka Foundation e hoʻopukapuka kālā ma luna o $100 miliona ma o kāna kōpili hoʻopukapuka hopena, me kāna hoʻopukapuka kālā pili ʻole a me ka loaʻa kālā (MRI) a me nā hoʻopukapuka pili polokalamu (PRI).

Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka Foundation, ua kōkua ʻo Dr. Bynum i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i $100 miliona nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI) e kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā lawelawe mālama olakino a me nā hana maikaʻi i nā kaiāulu pilikia.

ʻO Kauka Bynum i kēia manawa he ʻoihana hoʻohui ma ke Kula ʻo Colorado School of Public Health kahi āna i hana ai a aʻo ai i nā papa hana kaulike olakino pono no ka haku puka ma nā haumāna olakino olakino. Lawelawe ʻo ia ma nā papa hana ʻole ʻāina me ka Grounded Solutions Network, kahi ʻāina ʻaʻole waiwai e kūkulu i nā kaiāulu ikaika ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hoʻonā hale e kū mau i nā hanauna. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ka papa no Mission Investors Exchange, ʻo ia ke alakaʻi i ka hopena hoʻopukapuka ʻoihana no nā kumu i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka lawe ʻana i ke kapikala no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka nohona a me ke kaiapuni.

Ua loaʻa iā Dr. Bynum kāna kēkelē Kauka Lapaʻau mai Howard University College of Medicine ma Wakinekona, DC a ua hoʻopau i ka Master of Business Administration a me Master of Public Health ma Columbia University ma New York City ma ke ʻano he WEB Du Bois Scholar.

ʻO Carl Clark, MD, ʻO ia ka pelekikena a me Luna Nui o WellPower (ʻo ia ka Mental Health Center o Denver). Hoʻoulu ʻo Kauka Clark i kahi moʻomeheu o ka hana hou a me ka maikaʻi ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe ma muli o ka ikaika, pili kanaka, ʻike moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana hōʻike hōʻike.

Ua hui pū ʻo Kauka Clark iā WellPower i ka makahiki 1989 a ua lilo ʻo ia i alakaʻi lapaʻau i ka makahiki 1991, a laila ka luna hoʻokō nui ma 2000 a me ka pelekikena ma 2014.

Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua koho ʻia ka Mental Health Center o Denver i ka hope no ka 2018 World Changing Idea Award mai Fast Company Magazine, a lanakila i ka 2018 Excellence in Behavioral Healthcare Management Award mai ka National Council for Behavioral Health. Haʻaheo ʻo WellPower e lilo i Denver Post Top Workplace no 10 mau makahiki e holo ana.

 

Helen Drexler ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokō nui o Delta Dental o Colorado, ka mea hoʻolako pono niho nonprofit nui loa ma ka mokuʻāina. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o Ensemble Innovation Ventures, ka hui makua o Delta Dental o Colorado, kahi e hana ai ʻo ia e ʻike a loaʻa kālā i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana hou e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ke olakino a me ke olakino.

He luna mālama ola kino ʻo Drexler me ka makemake no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hui hana kiʻekiʻe e hana ana mai kahi kumu hilinaʻi e loaʻa ai nā hopena maikaʻi loa. Me ka ʻoi aku o 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻike hoʻokele holomua, ua ʻike nui ʻo Drexler i nā ʻano āpau o ka ʻoihana ʻinikua olakino a ua alakaʻi ʻo Delta Dental o Colorado no nā makahiki ʻeono.

Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Drexler ma ka papa alakaʻi aupuni o Dental Lifeline Network, a me ka papa o nā kahu no Mile High United Way a me ka papa o ka Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Ua lawelawe mua ʻo ia ma ka ʻaha alakaʻi wahine no United Way o Greater Atlanta.

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā Luna Nui Nui o Denver Business Journal i 2020.

Steven G. Federico, MD ʻO ia ke aupuni nui a me ka luna pili kaiaulu ma Denver Health a me ke kumu aʻoaʻo o nā pediatric ma ke Kulanui o Colorado School of Medicine. ʻO ka makemake o Kauka Federico no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ke kaulike o ke olakino keiki e hoʻoulu ʻia e kāna mau ʻike mau ʻana ma ke ʻano he pediatrician a me ke kauka mālama mua ma Denver Health kahi i hana ai mai 2002.

Ma kāna hana i hala ma ke ʻano he luna lapaʻau, ua mālama ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau keʻena olakino kaiāulu a me 19 mau keʻena kula e hāʻawi ana i ke olakino kino a me ka noʻonoʻo i nā keiki 70,000 ma waena o Denver. Ua hōʻike a hoʻolaha ʻo ia ma nā wahi o ke olakino kula, ka ʻilihune keiki, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka uhi olakino o nā keiki, ke kākoʻo kauka a me nā kulekele olakino.

ʻO kāna hana hoʻolaha i kālele ʻia i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mea pale i ka uhi olakino kūpono a me ka mālama olakino e kū nei nā keiki a me nā ʻohana ma Colorado. Ma waena o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 ua aʻo ʻo ia i nā Kula Nui ʻo Denver e pili ana i nā kulekele e hoʻēmi i nā pilikia o ka maʻi a me nā hoʻāʻo e hoʻonui i ke aʻo ʻana i ke kanaka. He pelekikena mua ʻo ia o ka Mokuna Colorado o ka American Academy of Pediatrics. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lālā papa no Girls Inc o Metro Denver, Clayton Early Learning Center, Colorado Association of School Based Health Centers a me ka Colorado Children's Campaign. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i nā pūʻulu hana olakino keiki e nā kiaʻāina a me nā luna kiaʻāina o Colorado a ua lawelawe mua ʻo ia ma ka ʻAha Kuhina o nā keiki no ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kalana o Denver.

Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna kēkelē laepua a me nā kēkelē lapaʻau mai ke Kulanui o Arizona. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna aʻo ʻana i nā pediatrics a me kahi hui noiʻi mālama mua ma ke Kulanui o Colorado a me kahi hui kākoʻo kauka ma o ka Institute for Medicine as a Profession.

Olga González ʻO ia ka luna hoʻokele o Cultivando, he hui lawelawe ʻo Latino e kālele ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke alakaʻi, kākoʻo, a me ka hiki o ke kaiāulu ʻōlelo Sepania. ʻO ia hoʻi ka Luna Nui o OG Consulting Services, kahi āna e hāʻawi ai i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaulike a me nā lawelawe aʻo i nā ʻoihana a me nā hui waiwai ʻole ma ka mokuʻāina a me nā pae aupuni.  

 ʻOiai ʻo ia ka wahine ʻōiwi mua i alakaʻi iā Cultivando i kāna mōʻaukala 25 makahiki, ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i ka hiki ʻana o ka hui ma mua o Adams County e kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu Latinx a me nā hui a puni ka mokuʻāina. I loko o kāna mau makahiki ʻehā, ua hoʻopākolu ʻia ʻo ia i ka waihona kālā o ka hui a hoʻokumu i ka papahana hoʻokele ea alakaʻi kaiaulu mua a me ka papahana hoʻoponopono kaiapuni ma Colorado e paʻa ana i ka poʻe haumia hui.

González ua loaʻa ka mahalo no kāna hana ma nā wahi o ka inclusiveness, equity, and social justice, me ka Meia's Award for Outstanding Denver Citizen Committed to Fighting Against Hate. a me ka makana no ka maikaʻi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kaulike olakino mai ka Public Health in the Rockies Conference. Ma 2022, ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana Soul of Leadership (SOL) e ka Latino Community Foundation of Colorado, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce iā ia kekahi o ka Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business. He mea ʻōlelo ʻo TEDxMileHigh hoʻi ʻo ia.

González Loaʻa iā ia kahi kēkelē laepua ʻelua ma ka noʻonoʻo a me nā haʻawina ʻo Chicano mai ke Kulanui ʻo Scripps ma Claremont, Kaleponi, a loaʻa ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻole mai ke Kulanui ʻo Regis ma ke ʻano he Colorado Trust Fellow. He puka puka ʻo ia o ka Transformative Leadership for Change fellowship, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka papahana kala ma ka Denver Foundation, a ʻo ia ʻo Bonfils Stanton Foundation Livingston Fellow a me Piton Fellow. He IRISE nō hoʻi ʻo ia (Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (In)Equality) haumana kipa ma ke Kulanui o Denver.

ʻO Jeffrey L. Harrington lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena kiʻekiʻe a me ka luna kālā nui ma Children's Hospital Colorado.

Ma mua o kēlā, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ke kālā ma Children's Hospital Colorado mai 2005 a i 2013. Ua lawelawe mua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele kālā no ka Atlantic Health System ma Florham Park, NJ mai 1999 a 2005. A mai 1996 a 1999, ʻo ia. ʻO ia ka hoa a me ka luna kālā nui o ka pūnaewele no CurranCare, LLC, kahi hui kūkākūkā mālama olakino hoʻomaka ma Chicago. Ma mua o kēlā, mai 1990 a i 1996, ua paʻa ʻo Harrington i nā kūlana kālā a me nā kūlana hoʻokele ma ScrippsHealth, e hoʻopau ana i ka luna o ke kālā a me nā hana no ka Halemai Hoʻomanaʻo Scripps ma Chula Vista, Calif.

Loaʻa iā ia kahi kēkelē laepua ma ka hoʻokele ʻoihana me ke koʻikoʻi i ke kālā mai ke Kulanui o Colorado a me kahi kekelē Master of Science i ka hoʻokele ʻoihana me ka manaʻo nui i ka hoʻokele ʻana mai ke Kulanui o San Diego State.

Patrick Knipe ʻo ia ka hope pelekikena o ka pilina uku a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka pūnaewele ma UCHealth.
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Shelly Marquez ʻo ia ka pelekikena o Mercy Housing Mountain Plains. Ua komo ʻo ia me Mercy Housing i Mei 2022 a alakaʻi i nā hana o ka ʻāina ʻo Mountain Plains, me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka waiwai, ka ʻohi kālā, a me nā lawelawe noho.

He alakaʻi hoʻomohala kaiāulu ʻo Marquez ma mua o 30 mau makahiki ma ka ʻoihana lawelawe kālā - me 19 mau makahiki e lawelawe ana i nā kaiāulu me nā kālā haʻahaʻa a haʻahaʻa. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka ʻike hōʻaiʻē pāʻoihana i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku ʻoihana a puni ka mokuʻāina. He alakaʻi noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i ke olakino kālā me ka ʻike hohonu i ka kūkulu ʻana i ka waiwai, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kaiāulu underbanked. Ma mua o kona hoʻomaha ʻana mai Wells Fargo me 28 mau makahiki o ka lawelawe ʻana ma 2022, ua paʻa ʻo Marquez i ke kūlana o ka hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o nā pilina kaiāulu - alakaʻi i kahi hui ma kahi ʻāina he 13 mau mokuʻāina. Ma kāna kuleana, ua hoʻokele ʻo ia i kahi kālā philanthropic e kau i nā haʻawina i nā mākeke kūloko a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kaiāulu, ke komo ʻana o nā mea kuleana a me nā hana kaulana ma ka ʻāina.

Loaʻa iā Marquez ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hoʻokele ʻoihana, magna cum laude mai Colorado Christian University. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka "Outstanding Women in Business Award" mai ka Denver Business Journal a ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma nā papa he nui o ke kaiāulu me ka National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders, Community First Foundation a me Energize Colorado.

ʻO Donald Moore ʻO ia ka luna hoʻokō nui ma Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC).

Ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ke kuleana o ka luna hoʻokō nui, ua lawelawe ʻo Moore ma ke ʻano he luna hana nui o PCHC mai 1999 a i 2009, i ia manawa ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kāna mau lawelawe hoʻokele a me nā lawelawe kākoʻo lapaʻau.

Ma waho aʻe o ka lawelawe ʻana i ka Papa PCHC, loaʻa ʻo Moore i kahi manawaleʻa nui, ʻike hoʻokele waiwai ʻole e pili ana i ka lawelawe ʻana ma nā papa o Colorado Community Health Network, CCMCN, Community Health Provider Network, Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, Pueblo Triple Aim Corporation, a me ka Hikina Hema. Hale Hoonaauao Ola Ola o Colorado.

Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna kēkelē Master of Healthcare Administration ma 1992 mai ke Kulanui o Minnesota School of Public Health. He hoa ʻo Moore ma ke Kulanui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a he lālā o kāna Kōmike Hōʻoia.

Fernando Pineda-Reyes ʻO ia ka luna hoʻokō a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Community + Research + Education + Awareness = Results (CREA Results), kahi hui kaiaulu o Community Health Workers (CHWs)/Promotores de Salud (PdS) ​​e holomua ana i ke kaulike olakino, mālama kaiapuni, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā limahana. Ua hoʻokō a kākoʻo ʻo ia i nā haneli o nā papahana e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia olakino ma o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Colorado, México, a me Puerto Rico kahi i kōkua ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā a hoʻomaka ʻana i ka Puerto Rico Public Health Trust Office of Community Engagement. Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka hui kaiaulu no ka Vector Control Unit no ka Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, ua alakaʻi ʻo Pineda-Reyes i nā hana hoʻōla ma hope o ka Hurricane Maria ma o kahi hoʻohālike CHWs/PdS.

Ua lawelawe ʻo Pineda-Reyes ma nā papa he nui, e like me ka Early Childhood Leadership Council, Head Start Policy Council, Metro Caring, CASA Soccer Club, Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club, ke Kōmike Kula Hui ma Ana Marie Sandoval a me Denver Center for International Studies in Nā Kula Aupuni ʻo Denver, ka American Public Health Association/Governing Council, ke Kōmike Hoʻokele Lahui no Promotores de Salud (kahi o ka Health and Human Services/Office of Minority Health), a me ka Partnership of Academicians and Communities for Translation for the Colorado Clinical Science Institute . He lālā ʻo ia no ka National Center for Advancing Translational Science Taskforce. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma nā papa o Sheridan Health Services, ka National Parent Leadership Institute, a me The Junkyard Social Club. ʻO ia ka luna o ka Papa i kēia manawa no ka Hui Mekiko ʻAmelika.

Loaʻa iā Fernando nā kēkelē ʻelua i ka biochemistry clinical a me ka chemistry pharmaceutical mai ka Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻo Denver Class o 2017 Fellow a me kahi Community Resource Center Leadership Development Program a me Regional Institute of Health and Environmental Leadership (RIHEL) Fellow. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka 2022 Water Hero Award mai ka Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Lydia Prado, PhD, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokō o Lifespan Local. ʻO Lifespan Nā hoa pili kūloko ma nā ʻāpana, uhaki i nā pale, a hoʻokiʻekiʻe i nā leo kaiāulu me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā waiwai hoʻomau i loko o nā kaiāulu. Ma ke ʻano he mea ʻike maka ma hope o ka Dahlia Campus for Health & Well Being e pili ana me WellPower (mental Health Center o Denver ma mua), ua lawe ʻo Dr. Prado i kāna ʻike hana ma mua a hoʻohana iā ia e hoʻāla i nā hopena i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaiāulu ma Lifespan Local.

Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i Lifespan Local, ua hoʻohana ʻo Dr. Prado i 17 mau makahiki me WellPower ma ke ʻano he pelekikena hope o Child & Family Services. ʻO ia ka mea ʻike makaʻala ma hope o WellPower's Dahlia Campus for Health & Well Being, kahi kikowaena kaiāulu hou ma ka ʻākau hikina ʻo Park Hill e hāpai ana i ka maikaʻi ma waena o ke ola. Aia ka pā kula i kahi kula preschool, kahi keʻena niho lawelawe piha no nā keiki, kahi mahiʻai kūlanakauhale hoʻokahi ʻeka, hale ʻaina aquaponics, nā wahi horticultural therapy, nā kīhāpai kaiāulu, ka lumi kuke aʻo, lumi kaiāulu, ka hale haʻuki, a me nā lawelawe olakino noʻonoʻo.

Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Kauka Prado ma ka papa Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation a ʻo ia ka noho o ka papa no Denver Preschool Program.

Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna kēkelē Doctorate of Philosophy a me ke kēkelē Master of Arts i ka psychology keiki mai ke Kulanui o Denver

Terri Richardson, MD, he kauka lapaau kuloko i hoomaha. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo ia ma Kaiser Permanente no 17 mau makahiki a me Denver Health no 17 mau makahiki.

Ua ʻoi aku ʻo Dr. Richardson ma mua o 34 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he kauka lapaʻau, hoʻonaʻauao olakino, kumu aʻoaʻo, ʻōlelo a me ka manawaleʻa i ka ʻoihana olakino. Manaʻo ʻo ia iā ia iho he kauka kaiaulu a makemake nui i ke olakino o ke kaiāulu ʻEleʻele. Hoʻoikaika mau ʻo ia i nā hana kaiāulu e pili ana i ke olakino.

ʻO Kauka Richardson ka hope noho o ka Colorado Black Health Collaborative (CBHC) a ʻo kekahi o nā alakaʻi no CBHC's Barbershop/Salon Health Outreach Program. ʻO Kauka Richardson kekahi lālā o kekahi mau papa hana manawaleʻa a me nā hui. He lālā ʻo ia o ka Colorado Health Foundation, he lālā o ke Kulanui o Colorado Cancer Center's Community Advisory Council (CAC), a he lālā ikaika o ka Mile High Medical Society, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna Bachelor of Science in biology mai ke Kulanui ʻo Stanford a me kāna kēkelē kauka lapaʻau mai Yale University School of Medicine. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kona noho ʻana ma ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūloko ma ke Kulanui o Colorado Health Science Center.

Brian T. Smith, ʻO MHA ka dean hui nui no ke kālā a me ka hoʻokele ʻana no ke Kulanui o Colorado School of Medicine a me ka luna hoʻokele o CU Medicine ma ka CU Anschutz Medical Campus ma Aurora, Colo.

Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i CU Anschutz, aia ʻo Smith ma ka Pūnaehana Ola Ola ʻo Mount Sinai ma New York City kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena poʻokela a me ka luna hoʻokele nui o ka Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice a me ka dean senior associate no nā hana lapaʻau no ke kula ʻo Icahn School of Medicine. . Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka mauna ʻo Sinai i Ianuali 2017, ʻo Smith ka luna hoʻokele hoʻokumu o Rush University Medical Group a me ka pelekikena hope o nā hana lapaʻau ma Rush University Medical Center ma Chicago no nā makahiki he 11. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana iā Rush i ʻAukake 2005, ua lilo ʻo Smith i 12 mau makahiki ma Tampa, Fla. ma ke Kulanui o South Florida ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokō o ka USF Physicians Group a ʻo ia ka luna o ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau no ka USF Health Sciences Center. Ma mua o kona neʻe ʻana i Tampa, Fla., Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ʻelima mau makahiki ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā ʻoihana ma New York.

Ua ikaika ʻo Smith i nā pilikia hoʻomaʻamaʻa kauka lapaʻau ma ka ʻāina a ʻo ia ka pelekikena i hala o ka Academic Practice Plan Directors a me ka noho mua o ka University HealthSystem Consortium Group Practice Council. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Smith i ʻelua mau makahiki ma ka Hui o nā Kolepa Lapaʻau ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ka Faculty Practice. Aia ʻo Smith ma ka University HealthSystem Consortium (Vizient) Performance Improvement and Comparative Data Operations Committee. ʻO Smith ka ʻelele kauā ma ke Kōmike Hoʻokō o ka Hui Orthopedic ʻAmelika.

Ua loaʻa iā Smith kāna kēkelē laepua mai ke Kula Nui ʻo Manhattan College of Engineering ma New York City a loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hoʻokele olakino mai ke Kulanui o South Florida College of Public Health ma Tampa, Fla.

ʻO Simon Smith ʻo ia ka pelekikena a me ka luna nui o Clinica Family Health. Ua komo ʻo Simon i nā limahana o Clinica i ka makahiki 2011 ma ke ʻano he luna papahana a, ma lalo o ʻekolu mau makahiki, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia i pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka hui.

Ma mua o kona hele ʻana i Clinica, ua hana ʻo Smith no Abt Associates, Inc., kahi hui noiʻi a me nā ʻoihana kūkākūkā e kōkua ana i nā hui a me nā keʻena aupuni i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā papahana olakino, pilikanaka a me ke kaiapuni. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Smith i kāna mau makahiki ʻekolu me Abt ma Kazakhstan e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana olakino o ka ʻāina. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ʻelima mau makahiki ma Abt's Bethesda, Md., ke keʻena e mālama ana i nā hana honua i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e ke aupuni no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka mālama ma nā wahi e like me HIV/AIDS, olakino makuahine a me ke keiki, a me ke olakino kaiāulu. Ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele o Clinica, ua lawelawe ʻo Simon ma ke ʻano he kauka lapaʻau o Clinica's Boulder hale, ka People's Medical Clinic. Ma kēlā kūlana, ua hoʻokele ʻo ia i nā limahana limahana 64 nāna i mālama i kahi kokoke i 9,500 poʻe i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o Clinica, makemake ʻo Smith e hana pili pū me nā keʻena lawelawe kaiāulu a me nā luna i loko o ka wahi lawelawe o Clinica e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻupena palekana mālama ola no nā poʻe haʻahaʻa a me ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia.

Ua loaʻa iā Smith kāna kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui ʻo Earlham a me ke kēkelē laepua no ka mālama ola kino mai ke Kulanui o Minnesota ma Minneapolis.