Archbishop 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 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, 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

Treasurer Adam Archuleta comes to the Villa Therese Catholic Clinic 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

Dolores 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 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

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