Meet the HSDC Members

Baljeet Sangha, MPH, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer, Pain and Rehabilitative Consultants Medical Group
Commission Chairperson

Baljeet S. Sangha (He/Him) began his professional career over 15 years ago. Today, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the Pain and Rehabilitative Consultants Medical Group, an organization whose mission is to provide compassionate, cutting-edge treatment for patients for whom chronic pain has affected their ability to function and enjoy life. Previously, he served in multiple leadership roles in the City and County of San Francisco’s (CCSF) Department of Public Health as the Chief Operating and Chief Strategy Officer of the San Francisco Health Network, the Co-Incident Commander of the Laguna Honda Hospital CMS Recertification, CCSF’s Vaccine Executive Sponsor, and as an Incident Commander for CCSF’s COVID pandemic response. Previously, Sangha was Vice President of Operations & Support Services at Alameda Health System. Earlier in his career, Sangha worked as an Executive Administrator in the San Francisco Health Network and also as the inaugural Deputy Chief Operating Officer & Chief Patient Experience Officer at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Sangha earned a Master of Public Health Degree with a focus on Health Policy & Management and a Specialty in Multicultural Health from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an undergraduate degree in History from the University of California, Berkeley. Sangha is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow of America’s Essential Hospitals. 

Chico Manning
System Vice President, Enterprise Supply Chain, PIH Health 
Representative of the hospital industry

Chico Manning MHA is the System Vice President of Enterprise Supply Chain at PIH Health—a nonprofit, regional healthcare network comprised of PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital and PIH Health Downey Hospital; 35 medical office buildings; more than 90 clinics; and a multi-specialty medical group. PIH Health serves more than 3.7 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and Gabriel Valley region. In his position, he is responsible for the overall strategic direction and tactical execution for all aspects of supply chain management at PIH Health.

Chico served in the United States Navy and Marine Corps for 12 years. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy and is certified in Supply and Logistics Management by the United States Marine Corps. He also holds an Executive Master of Health/Healthcare Administration Management degree from the University of Southern California. 

Cameron M. Stewart
Co-Founder, Alcam Medical  
Representative of a minority business enterprise

Cameron Stewart (He/Him) is a modern-day Entrepreneur and serves his community in many varying capacities. For the last 20 years Cameron has created businesses in health care, transportation, financial services and consulting. Cameron also serves as board treasurer for the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC). BOC is an independent not for profit organization dedicated to supporting quality patient care by offering highly valued credentials for professionals and businesses. Cameron has extensive knowledge of real estate and he is a licensed General Contractor. Cameron has completed many development projects across the state of California. Cameron has a passion for serving his others and his goal is to empower his community. He provides free classes on entrepreneurship, business, and personal finance. Cameron also is an advocate for health equity and access for those in underserved communities. Cameron sits on the board for California Community Development (CCD), and the California Department of Healthcare Access and Information.  Cameron graduated from the prestigious Tuskegee University with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing. He is currently enrolled at Harvard Business School, graduating in 2023. Cameron is a family man with a wife and three daughters. He aspires to be an integral part of positive and systemic change.

Tracy Stanhoff
President & Creative Director, AD PRO President, American Indian Chamber of Commerce of CA
Representative of a minority business enterprise

Tracy Stanhoff (She/Her) in 1988 founded AD PRO, located in Huntington Beach, California that is a full-service advertising, graphic design and branding firm serving Fortune 500 corporations, Tribal Enterprises, Government entities and small business clients globally. AD PRO’s “One for All” business structure provides the capacity for both branding development and design combined with a full arsenal of tools for implementing strategic marketing programs and graphic design via in-house graphic manufacturing processes. AD PRO is an ISO 9001 quality management system certified firm. In 2017, Stanhoff established a Native American news publication titled, “Indigenous Post.” As a past addition to operating her enterprises, Ms. Stanhoff served as Tribal Chair of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, located in Mayetta, Kansas. Ms. Stanhoff currently serves as the president of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California and the leader of the American Indian National Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Stanhoff has a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Long Beach where she was named co-Outstanding Graduate in the Journalism/Public Relations department.

Theresa A. Martinez
CEO & President, Community Connections, LLC.   
Representative of a women business enterprise

Theresa A. Martinez (She/Her) is the CEO/President of Community Connections, LLC, specializing in Communications, Community Outreach and Engagement. The team provides a wide range of services; public & government relations, media relations, community & grassroots outreach, social media outreach and management, special event planning, strategic planning, and program management. Community Connections was awarded a five year contract with LA Metro on their Communications Bench and are currently working on a million dollar plus project along the Vermont Transit Corridor, which has the highest ridership along a ten and a half mile stretch for a new bus or rail transit system. The team is currently working on several other transportation projects with LA Metro and OCTA. Ms. Martinez served in the capacity as CEO for the Los Angeles Latino Chamber of Commerce (LALCC) from April 2013 to November 2016. She oversaw fundraising, procurement, policy initiatives, advocacy work, corporate sponsor relationships, and program infrastructure.

Erika Williams
CEO & President, Elevate Lyfe Inc.
Representative of a women business enterprise

Erika Williams is a visionary business strategist and executive coach with more than 30 years of experience across corporate leadership and entrepreneurship. As the Founder and CEO of Elevate Lyfe, she leads a strategic consulting and training firm that partners with corporations to strengthen supplier-development efforts and support the long-term growth of small businesses. Her firm’s proprietary framework, The MOR=E Business Formula™, empowers small businesses to build scalable, compliant, and high-performing organizations that deliver measurable value across procurement, sourcing, and supplier-ecosystem stakeholders. The organizational-development, AI-enabled framework aligns data-driven insights with client objectives to provide tailored training, strategic guidance, and performance support for suppliers and sourcing teams.

Prior to founding Elevate Lyfe, Erika held senior leadership roles at major global companies, including Procter & Gamble, Warner Bros. and Mattel, where she spearheaded strategic planning, category management and customer-development across the Americas. These experiences honed her expertise in driving operational excellence, talent development and organizational strategic alignment, informing her work in corporate-supplier partnerships while supporting small business suppliers as they compete and scale within performance-driven supply chains.

In her role as Commissioner on the HSDC, Erika brings a balanced perspective grounded in the needs of both diverse suppliers and hospital sourcing teams. She is committed to advancing a supplier ecosystem that strengthens the resilience of the health-care supply chain and supports improved care for patients and communities.

Jackson Dalton
President, Black Box Safety, Inc.
Representative of a disabled veteran business enterprise      

Jackson Dalton is a former Lance Corporal in the Marine Corps whose life took a pivotal turn following a training accident at the USMC Amphibious School of Reconnaissance. Motivated by this experience, Jackson has committed his career to ensuring workplace safety, allowing others to continue doing what they love with the people who matter most. His decade-long career in occupational safety led him to establish Black Box Safety, Inc., a company dedicated to public service that supplies industrial products, medical supplies, and law enforcement products to government agencies through multi-year contract vehicles.

Jackson holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Saint Thomas. He is recognized as both a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.

As President of Black Box Safety, Jacksonoversees operations and finances for a company generating $30 million in annual revenue. Under his leadership, Black Box Safety has been recognized by Inc. Magazine for two consecutive years as one of the fastest-growing businesses in America. Headquartered in San Diego, the company employs 15 full-time staff members and continues to expand as a leader in government contracting supply solutions.

Lilly Rocha
Board Member, HONOR LGBT PAC, CEO & Executive Director, Latino Restaurant Association
Representative of an LGBT business enterprise

Lilly Rocha (She/Her) is the current CEO of the Latino Restaurant Association, an 800+ member national organization based in Los Angeles, California. Rocha is also the founder of the Sabor Latino Food Industry Trade Show, the nation’s largest Latin Food Trade Show. A graduate of the University of California Berkeley, Rocha also attended St. Mary‘s University in London, England. Rocha graduated from UC Berkeley during the height of the dot.com bubble in Silicon Valley and her first job was as a project manager for NOKIA (NIC) in Mountain View, CA. Rocha developed a serious interest in trade show and conference management which eventually led her to earn both the CMP and CMM certifications (the highest in the meeting planning industry). Rocha eventually founded the Sabor Latino Food Industry Trade Show in 2013 when she noticed there was a huge gap in the trade show industry for Latino foods. With Rocha’s expertise in sales, marketing and project management, Sabor Latino has become a recognized brand in the trade show industry and serves as the premier business platform for Latin food professionals. Rocha also has business industry/leadership certifications from: Cal State University San Francisco, UCLA & USC. Rocha developed a passion for healthy eating while a student at UC Berkeley. This passion has led to a lifelong commitment to wholesome living.

Cecil Plummer                                                      
Principal, Cecil Plummer Consulting, Co-Founder, AI Ally Works 
Representative expert in the field of supplier diversity  

Cecil Plummer is Principal of Cecil Plummer Consulting, the former CEO of Fastr.ai, and executive at Robert Half. Plummer is also an appointed Commissioner for the California Department of Healthcare Access and Information, serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce for the California Insurance Commissioner, on the Board of Directors at Pacific Community Ventures a CDFI. Plummer previously served on the Community Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and as the Western Region President and CEO for the National Minority Supplier Development Council, where he secured 3 national titles during his 8-year tenure, doubling the collective revenue of minority businesses from $8B to $16B annually. Plummer’s work in supporting minority owned businesses to help create jobs and wealth in communities of color earned him a spot on the San Francisco Business Times’ list of the 100 Most Influential People in the Bay Area. 

Tara Lynn Gray 
Representative expert in the field of supplier diversity

Dr. Tara Lynn Gray is a visionary leader, coalition builder, and economic development innovator with more than 30 years of experience spanning organizational leadership, entrepreneurship, and public service. Renowned for her ability to build resilient economic ecosystems, Dr. Gray has spent her career advocating for diversity, equity, and economic opportunity for small businesses throughout California.

From April 2021 to September 2025, Dr. Gray served as the Director of the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). In this critical role, she served as a principal advisor to the Governor and the leading advocate for California’s 4.2 million small businesses. During her tenure, she provided administrative and fiscal oversight for 14 distinct programs with budgets totaling more than $5.3 billion.

Prior to her gubernatorial appointment, Dr. Gray served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce & Foundation. Under her leadership, the chamber’s operating budget expanded tenfold, and she launched the high-impact “Betting Big on Small Businesses Owned by Women & People of Color” initiative as well as the “Clean Shared Mobility Network” of electric vehicles serving residents of Fresno County. As an entrepreneur herself, she has operated YADARI Enterprises, an IT and management consulting firm, since 2004, giving her firsthand insight into the operational triumphs and trials that small business owners and NAMCSC members face daily.

Sanford McColley
Sr Manager, Strategic Alliance, Grainger Industrial Supply
Representative of a vendor of goods & services

Sanford McColley leads Strategic Alliance and business development initiatives across the Western United States, with a focus on expanding collaboration among small, veteran-owned, and diverse businesses. As part of a Fortune 500 organization, he develops strategic solutions that connect public-sector agencies and healthcare systems with supplier partners to build high-impact relationships, strengthen supply chains, and create long-term business value.

With more than 20 years of experience building and leading strategic alliances—supported by over 40 years of corporate experience—Sanford has a proven track record of fostering cross-sector collaborations that expand market opportunities, advance supplier inclusion, and deliver measurable operational results.

Recognized as a trusted advisor, Sanford is frequently invited to speak and serve as a panelist for corporations, government agencies, and industry organizations focused on strengthening strategic partnerships and advancing inclusive procurement practices. He brings deep expertise in strategic alliances, supply chain management, procurement, and business development, complemented by a unique perspective shaped by both decades of corporate leadership and firsthand experience growing up in a family that owned and operated a small business.

Sanford earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Texas A&M University.

Marquita Thomas
Founding President & CEO, California LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce
Representative at the Director’s discretion

Marquita Thomas is the Founding President & CEO of the California LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, where she leads statewide efforts to expand economic opportunities for LGBTQ-owned and other diverse small businesses. Her expertise includes supplier diversity, stakeholder engagement, strategic partnerships, program development, event management, and organizational leadership. Through collaborations with corporations, utilities, government agencies, and community organizations, she has helped connect diverse suppliers to contracting, certification, and business development opportunities.

Prior to launching the California LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, Marquita served as Executive Director of a local LGBTQ chamber, where she significantly increased membership, expanded programming, produced large-scale conferences and business events, and advised organizational leadership on strategy and growth initiatives.

Marquita has a longstanding commitment to public service and community engagement. She currently serves on several advisory bodies focused on economic inclusion and supplier diversity and has held leadership roles with civic, business, and nonprofit organizations throughout California. Her work centers on ensuring that diverse businesses have equitable access to procurement opportunities, capital, and business resources.

Marquita holds a Bachelor’s degree from Occidental College. She is a recipient of the KCET LGBT Local Hero Award and the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s L.A.C.E. Award in recognition of her contributions to the LGBTQ community and small business advocacy.