WHAT WE DO
OUR MISSION
AdvanceOC’s mission is to use innovation and strategic philanthropy to address inequities in Orange County communities. This means leveraging the power of modern-day technologies and systems thinking to transform the next generation of community advancement.
We bring together leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to champion equity-oriented, data-driven strategies. With the right mix of innovation, resources, and community leadership, we can help realize a better Orange County for all.
WHAT WE DO
OUR MISSION
AdvanceOC’s mission is to use innovation and strategic philanthropy to address inequities in Orange County communities. This means leveraging the power of modern-day technologies and systems thinking to transform the next generation of community advancement.
We bring together leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to champion equity-oriented, data-driven strategies. With the right mix of innovation, resources, and community leadership, we can help realize a better Orange County for all.

Theory of Change
Data, action, and impact. This is how AdvanceOC is working to help Orange County communities thrive. We believe the first step to systemic change is to establish a common baseline that can bring community stakeholders together. Only by collecting and analyzing local data can we create community-centered, equity-focused solutions to improve outcomes across all facets of life in Orange County. This approach to strategic philanthropy gives the Orange County community space to take risks, innovate, and actualize impact with a clear understanding of the problems we face.
ABOUT US
AdvanceOC is an opportunity for transformation. Our all-volunteer board is excited to introduce game-changing tools that will alter the way our community approaches policy and philanthropy. We are about grit and innovation. With a diverse team comprising backgrounds in technology, finance, theology, publishing, law, public policy, and healthcare, we bring unique perspectives to the problems at hand.
Most of all, we strive to compound our big hearts for compassion with action. We seek talent from all walks of life, encompassing all points of view. If you share our vision for a better Orange County and want to contribute your talents to help, connect with us today!
Board Members

KATIE KALVODA
Katie Kalvoda
Founder and CEO, G3 Ventures
Katie is founder and CEO of G3 Ventures, a nonprofit corporation specializing in impact investments, innovative philanthropy and community advocacy. Prior to this, Ms. Kalvoda was Chief Investment Officer of Newport Wealth Management. In that role, she managed a portfolio comprised of commercial real estate, private equity and marketable securities. Her achievements earned her many national and international awards including Angel Investor of the Year and Best Business Leader in Real Estate Investments. Katie is a Board Member of the California Health Facilities Financing Authority as an appointee of CA Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. She is also a Board Member of the Sisters of St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation and at Pacific Community Ventures, a CDFI that provides financial support and mentoring services to women and minority-owned small businesses across the United States.

TIMOTHY HENDERSON
Timothy Henderson
Senior Vice President at Bank of America Private Bank and Trusted Advisor to Families, Foundations, and Non-profits

KATHERINE AMOUKHTEH
Katherine Amoukhteh
Retired Teacher of the Year Capistrano Unified School District; STEM, eSports and Youth advocate

Dr. CLAYTON CHAU
Dr. Clayton Chau
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, NHHA
Clayton Chau was the former Health Care Agency Director and County Health Officer for the County of Orange, California, the 6th largest county in the nation, during the pandemic from 2020 – 2023. He oversaw public health, mental health & recovery, environmental health, correctional health, employee health, public guardian, and emergency medical services with over 2900 staff and a budget of over $1 Billion. During the pandemic, Dr. Chau led the County in its COVID-19 response efforts. He created a number of initiatives to respond to the crisis of our time: the mega sites for mass testing and vaccination, the Latino Health Initiative, the Vaccine Taskforce, the Othena apps digital solution, Operation Independence which achieved countywide 70% vaccination by July 4, 2021, the Office of Population Health & Equity, the Equity in OC Initiative, the Office of Suicide Prevention, and the Your Health Matters OC – a biweekly talk show on social media platforms. As part of the Board of Directors for CalOptima Health, a local health plan, he initiated the Street Medicine program in response to the increasing deaths of the unhoused individuals in Orange County.
He previously served as the Chief Clinical and Strategy Officer for MindOC, a nonprofit entity which he co-founded to support BeWell OC, a private/public/faith based/academic coalition that aims to transform the mental health system. He was the Regional Executive Medical Director of Southern California Region Providence Health System, the third largest health system in the country; Senior Medical Director for Health Services at L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest nonprofit health plan in the nation, responsible for behavioral health, care management, utilization management, disease management, etc. In that capacity, Dr. Chau was actively involved in the development of the LA County Whole Person Care Program. He was also the Co-Principal Investigator for a multi-year Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation grant in Transforming Clinical Practice. He started his career in the public sector working for 13 years for Orange County Behavioral Health Services where he was the Director of the Center of Excellence in Education, Training, Research and Advocacy for Reducing Health Disparities. There, he developed the first county funded bi-directional behavioral and physical health Integration program as well as the Model of Community Outreach and Education. Dr. Chau was on the Board of Directors for the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions for over a decade bringing the cultural and equity lens to the organization that employs strategies rooted in co-design to increase inclusivity and social justice in the mental health system.
He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Director for the Transcultural Psychiatry Curriculum at UC Irvine School of Medicine. He was also a lecturer for the UCLA School of Public Health. Appointed by the 23rd US Secretary of Health and Human Services, he served on the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee from 2017-2020. Dr. Chau obtained his MD degree from the University of Minnesota, PhD in Clinical Psychology from Chelsea University and Master of Arts in Sustainability Leadership from Claremont Lincoln University. He completed his psychiatry residency at UCLA/San Fernando Valley followed by a fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health in psychoneuroimmunology focusing on substance abuse and HIV. During his residency he was also selected for the American Psychiatric Association Mead Johnson Fellowship in Community Leadership.
Advisory Committee Members
AdvanceOC is thankful to the following volunteer advisory committee members who help provide domain expertise for our community work. Advisory Committee members are a network of independent advisors and do not convene, are not members of the Board of Directors, and do not provide input in the operations of AdvanceOC

Barry Ross

Dr. Connie Bartlett

Geri Pavia

David Threshie

Alexandra Macias, Ph.D.
California State University Northridge

Shirish Dayal

Kopitzee Parra-Thornton, Ph.D.

Robert V. “Bobby” McDonald
President/CEO Orange County Black Chamber & Black Chamber Education Fund

Padhraic Smyth
Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Computer Science and Statistics, University of California, Irvine

Christopher Dennis
Founder of The Campus Culture Group and Equity Advocate

Suzanna Tashiro Choi
President/Owner at Tashiro Choi & Associates

Elysabeth Nguyen, Ph.D. MBA
Social Entrepreneur, CEO of OLLV Foundation

In the News
NBC:
Orange County Using New Data to Fix Equity in the County
July 15, 2021
Voice of OC:
Could OC’s New Health Inequity Map Lead to Real Systemic Change?
July 15, 2021
New Santa Ana:
Orange County launches an OC Equity Map to address inequality and resource disparities.
July 12, 2021
Orange County Breeze:
Equity mapping initiative will allocate resources, reduce disparities in OC communities
August 3, 2020
Voice of OC:
Tackling Coronavirus Spread in Anaheim and Santa Ana Puts Focus on Inequity
August 3, 2020
OC Register:
Researchers will dig into census data to address Orange County health, social gaps
July 30, 2020