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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Program

SIDS/SUID Southern California Regional Council

President

Christina Thiele-Yancy
SIDS Parent
Phone: (707) 849-5347
christina23thiele@gmail.com

Vice President

Lauren Grant, RN
Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
2525 Grand Avenue
Lauren.Grant@sbcphd.org

Secretary

Joe Kiang
joekiang.sm@gmail.com

Members

Elaine Anthony, RN, PHN
SIDS Coordinator
Kern County Department of Public Health
1800 Mt. Vernon Avenue, 2nd Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93306
Phone: (661) 838-0356
anthony@co.kern.ca.us
Luz Arboleda-Babcock, PHN
SIDS Coordinator
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
600 South Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (213) 639-6413
Main Office: (213) 639-6400
Lbabcock@ph.lacounty.gov
Kelley Barragan, MS, RN, PHN
SIDS Coordinator
Santa Barbara County of Public Health Department
345 Camino del Remedio, Building 4, Floor 3
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone: (805) 737-6443
Kelley.barragan@sbcphd.org
Claudia Benton, MSN, RN-BC, PHN
SIDS Coordinator
Ventura County Public Health Department
2220 East Gonzales Road, Suite 102
Oxnard, CA 93036
Phone: (805) 981-5380
Claudia.Benton@ventura.org
Denise Bertone
Los Angeles County Department of Coroner
1104 North Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: (323) 343-0740
dbertone@coroner.lacounty.gov
Deja Castro, PHN, RN
SIDS Coordinator
Riverside County Community Health Agency
308 East San Jacinto Avenue
Perris, CA 92570
Phone: (951) 210-1153
Alt: (951) 210-1348
dcastro@rivcocha.org
Kitty Gay, RN, PHN
SIDS Coordinator
Imperial County Public Health Department
797 Main Street, Suite A
El Centro, CA 92243-2349
Phone: (442) 265-1896
Alt: (760) 482-2905
KittyGay@co.imperial.ca.us
Michelle Herrera
SIDS Parent
San Diego Guild Infant Survival
10880 Highway 76, Spc 97
Lakeside, CA 92040
Phone: (619) 334-1214
bagnasherrera@yahoo.com
Thomas G. Keens, MD
Professor of Pediatrics,
Physiology and Biophysics, USC
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Boulevard, Box 83
Los Angeles, CA 90027-6062
Phone: (323) 361-2101
tkeens@chla.usc.edu 
Alternate tkeens@gmail.com
Linda J. Lopez, RN, BSN, PHN 
Public Health Services SIDS Coordinator
Orange County Health Care Agency
1725 West 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Phone: (714) 834-7912
lilopez@ochca.com
James K. Ribe, MD, JD
Senior Deputy Medical Examiner
Los Angeles County Department of Coroner
1104 North Mission Road Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: (323) 343-0520
jribe@coroner.lacounty.gov
Maureen Rubalcaba
SIDS Parent
Riverside, CA 92503
Phone: (951) 295-9217 (cell)
Work: (951) 571-6259
MCChavez42@gmail.com
Sara Singh-Hernandez, RN, PHN SIDS Coordinator
San Bernardino County Public Health Department
799 East Rialto Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0048
Phone: (909) 388-3027
Shernandez@dph.sbcounty.gov
Angela & Drew Skinner
SIDS Parents Isabella's Giraffe Club
Del Mar, CA 92014
Phone: (858) 444-6464
Alt: (858) 449-6554
drewskinner014@yahoo.com
Penny Stastny, RN, BSN, PHN
Retired SIDS Coordinator
417 El Camino del Mar
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Phone: (949) 463-8575
pennystastny@icloud.com
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