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White</a></td> <td headers="type">Board Vice Chair</td> <td headers="pro">Audiologist</td> <td headers="term">12/20/21 – 1/1/24</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="member"><a href="#borges">Tod Borges</a></td> <td headers="type">Board Member</td> <td headers="pro">Hearing Aid Dispenser</td> <td headers="term">12/4/19 – 1/1/27</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="member"><a href="#chang">Karen Chang</a></td> <td headers="type">Board Member</td> <td headers="pro">Public Member</td> <td headers="term">12/6/17 – 11/30/25</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="member"><a href="#sanders">Charles Sanders</a></td> <td headers="type">Board Member</td> <td headers="pro">Audiologist</td> <td headers="term">11/20/23 – 1/1/27</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="member"><a href="#chambers">Tamara Chambers</a></td> <td headers="type">Board Member</td> <td headers="pro">Public Member, Otolaryngologist</td> <td headers="term">8/16/24 – 01/01/28</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="member">VACANT</td> <td headers="type">Board Member</td> <td headers="pro">Speech-Language Pathologist</td> <td headers="term"></td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="member">VACANT</td> <td headers="type">Board Member</td> <td headers="pro">Hearing Aid Dispenser</td> <td headers="term"></td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="member">VACANT</td> <td headers="type">Board Member</td> <td headers="pro">Public Member</td> <td headers="term"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="cleaner"></div> <hr /> <div style="width:85%"><img src="/images/dominguez.jpg" alt="Gilda Dominguez" style="width: 120px;float:left; margin-right:10px" /><a id="dominguez"></a> <p><strong>Board Chair Gilda Dominguez, </strong>M.S., CCC–SLP, is a licensed Speech–Language Pathologist. Gilda is a native Californian. Gilda earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Master of Sciences degree in Communicative Disorders from California State University, Northridge. She has been working in the field since 1996. Her clinical experience includes evaluation and treatment of communication disorders and dysphagia across the age span (pediatrics through geriatrics). She has worked in a variety of settings such as the hospital, outpatient, skilled nursing facility, inpatient rehabilitation hospice, and home health settings. Gilda is currently working at Emanate Health, as a Corporate Director and is employed as a Surveyor at CARF International. In her leadership role at Emanate Health, she oversees the Speech Pathology, Acute Rehabilitation, Home Health, and Palliative Care Departments. Gilda is a member of the American Speech Hearing Association. Gilda has served on the California Speech, Language and Hearing Association (CSHA) Board of Directors. CSHA awarded Gilda an Outstanding Service Award in 2015 and an Outstanding Leadership Award for District 7 in 2020. Gilda has hosted and has been a speaker at CSHA events. Gilda previously earned her Six Sigma Greenbelt certification through the Joint Commission and Emanate Health and is now a Certified Six Sigma Blackbelt. In 2017, Emanate Health presented Gilda with the Robust Process Improvement Lean Six Sigma Leadership of the Year Award for her exemplary leadership and commitment in transforming their culture to one of high reliability. Gilda was appointed to the Board by Governor Gavin Newsom on April 22, 2021.</p> </div> <div class="cleaner"></div> <hr /> <div style="width:85%"><img src="/images/white.jpg" alt="Amy White" style="width: 120px;float:left; margin-right:10px" /><a id="white"></a> <p><strong>Board Vice Chair Amy E. White, Au.D.</strong> of Sloughhouse, is a licensed Audiologist and was appointed to the Board by Governor Gavin Newsom on December 20, 2021. Dr. White has been Service Chief for Audiology and Speech–Language Pathology for the Veterans Health Administration, Northern California Region since 2021 and has been Chief Executive Officer and Audiologist at Elk Grove Hearing Care since 2015. She served as a Clinic Co–Coordinator and Instructor at California State University, Sacramento and as Clinic Director at the University of the Pacific's Hearing and Balance Center. She has been an Audiologist in California since 2008. Dr. White earned a Doctor of Audiology degree from Utah State University. She is a member of the California Academy of Audiology, American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech–Language Hearing Association.</p> </div> <div class="cleaner"></div> <hr /> <div style="width:85%"><img src="/images/borges.jpg" alt="Tod Borges" style="width: 120px;float:left; margin-right:10px"/><a id="borges"></a> <p><strong>Tod Borges</strong> is a licensed hearing aid dispenser that has been serving the community since 1998. Working in a variety of different areas in the hearing aid industry, he began his career in the Bay Area as a hearing aid dispenser for Miracle Ear, then transitioned to American Hearing Aid Associates where he worked with both audiologists and hearing aid dispensers as a practice management consultant. He has been an owner of a hearing aid business and currently works as a hearing aid dispenser for HearingLife Hearing Aid Centers in Lodi, California. Tod has assisted as a subject matter expert for the State as a practical exam proctor for many years. It has been his pleasure working with everyone in the extended hearing healthcare community and he looks forward to continuing that positive relationship with the Board. Tod was reappointed by Governor Newsom in November 2023.</p> </div> <div class="cleaner"></div> <hr /> <div style="width:85%"><img src="/images/chambers" alt="Tamara Chambers" style="width: 120px;float:left; margin-right:10px"/><a id="chambers"></a> <p><strong>Tamara Chambers, MD, FACS</strong>, is a board certified otolaryngologist–head and neck surgeon and was appointed to the Board by Governor Gavin Newsom on August 16, 2024. Dr. Tamara Chambers has been the Chief Medical Director of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Audiology, and Speech Language Pathology at LA General Medical Center since 2012. She is also an Associate Professor and Associate Residency Program Director in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She received her Bachelor's degree from Stanford University, and her medical degree from the Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program. She completed her internship and residency at LA General/USC. She is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, the Society of University Otolaryngologists, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.</p> </div> <div class="cleaner"></div> <hr /> <div style="width:85%"><img src="/images/chang.jpg" alt="Karen Chang" style="width: 120px;float:left; margin-right:10px"/><a id="chang"></a> <p><strong>Karen Chang</strong> is a native Californian. Active in her community, she was past–President of the Taiwanese American Citizens League, a board member for Plaza De La Raza Child Development Services, and currently serves on the Citizens Technical Advisory Council for the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority. Karen graduated from New York University Stern School of Business and received her Master's degree in Public Policy at the University of Southern California. She has worked for Congresswoman Hilda Solis and State Controller John Chiang. Karen is a public member of the Speech&bdquo;Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispenser Board. Karen was appointed by Speaker Anthony Rendon.</p> </div> <div class="cleaner"></div> <hr /> <div style="width:85%"><img src="/images/sanders.jpg" alt="Charles Sanders" style="width: 120px;float:left; margin-right:10px"/><a id="sanders"></a> <p><strong>Charles Sanders</strong> Au.D. of Elk Grove, is a licensed Audiologist and was appointed to the Board by Governor Gavin Newsom on November 16, 2023. Dr. Sanders has been Supervisory Audiologist for the Veterans Health Administration, Northern California Region since 2022. He has been an instructor and in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Sacramento State since 2006. He worked at Gold Country Hearing from 2017 to 2022 and at Whisper Hearing Center from 2003-2017. He has been a Dispensing Audiologist in California since 2003. Dr. Sanders earned a Doctor of Audiology degree from Salus University in Pennsylvania in 2007 and Master's Degree in Audiology from Sacramento State in 2003. 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