Villa Therese Catholic Clinic Board Members
Archbishop John C. Wester
Board PresidentArchbishop Wester entered the seminary in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Saint Joseph College, in Mountain View, Calif. (1968), and earn a bachelor’s degree (1972) from Saint Patrick College, in Mountain View, Calif. He holds a Master
Victoria Otero
Executive DirectorVictoria is the Executive Director of Villa Therese Catholic Clinic, the only true free clinic in the State of NM that provides free basic and primary medical, dental, and vision services to the uninsured and anyone in need. Victoria has
Ron Aldrich
Board ChairRon Aldrich, MBA, LFACHE, has fifty-four years leadership and governance experience in national and regional healthcare organizations including twenty years as CEO of three multi-hospital systems and five years as a hospital CEO. Ron helped lead the merger twenty-four years
Emelda Martinez
Board Vice-ChairEmelda Martinez, RN, BSN, has over 35 years working in the Maternal Child Health field. As a clinical RN, she worked 12 years in the hospital setting as a Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse. She has a Bachelor’s of Science (BSN)
Adam Archuleta
TreasurerTreasurer Adam Archuleta comes to LHC as a health care executive with 28 years of experience working for the Department of Health & Human Services Indian Health Service. While achieving the rank of Captain in the United States Public Health
Delores Shapiro
Board MemberDolores Shapiro, Ph.D., RN, is a retired professor of nursing and anthropology whose research focused on Afro-Catholic religious groups in Brazil. She hails from the borough of the Bronx in New York City, where she was educated by the Sisters
Genevieve Tarnow
Board MemberGenevieve Tarnow has over 10 years of healthcare administration and operations experience. She currently serves as the Oncology Service Line Director for the CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, which includes oversight of the Regional Cancer Center, Clinical Trials, Palliative
Aamna Nayyar
Board MemberNayyar holds her dental practice license with the Dental Board of California and Pakistan Medical & Dental Council. She has been serving as the Director of the Department of Dental Health at Santa Fe Community College [SFCC] since 2003. She
Barbara Perez Deppman
Board MemberBarbara Perez Deppman, FACHE, has over 40 years of progressive leadership experience in imaging services since she launched her career as a registered technologist both in radiology and ultrasonography. She has worked with various consulting firms. As a solo practitioner
Gloria Martinez-Friested
Gloria Martinez-Friestad has over 25 years of development and fundraising experience. She retired from the American Cancer Society in 2013, where she spent over 20 years management and fundraising throughout northern New Mexico. In 2014 she joined La Familia Medical