PJC Staff
Administrative Team
Current and Former Positions
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Administrative Director, Northern California Breathmobile ®, 2007-Present
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Executive Director/Co-Founder, Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Appointed August, 1998-present (Volunteer)
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President, West Oakland Community Collaborative, August, 2004-present
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Program Director, West Oakland Asthma Coalition, July, 2001-present
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Medical Director (Retired), Clinical Laboratory, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, 34 years
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Assistant Pathologist, Englewood Hospital, Englewood, New Jersey, 1966-1967
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Associate Pathologist and Chief of Clinical Laboratory and Vice-Chief of Department of Pathology, California Pacific Medical Center (formerly Presbyterian Medical Center), 1967-2000
Robert Shen
Bookeeper
BIO COMING SOON
Program Teams
Father Charles D. Burns, SVD, Pre Preschool Program
Dr. Kristen Burmester, Ph.D.
Co-Founder/Advisor
Gloria Gil
Pre-Pre Lead Teacher (Bilingual)
Chloe Chan
Assistant Teacher/Team Lead
Miriam Gonzalez
Assistant Teacher
Shunnae Baker, M.S., CCC-SLP
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist
Michelle Jordan
Music Teacher
Veronica Alvarez, LCSW
Parent Wellness & Early Childhood Development
West Oakland Food Pantry
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"Our motto is: "No one should go without food." We want to make sure no one is ever turned down when requesting something to eat or in need of food. I joined the Prescott-Joseph Center in 2008 as the Food Pantry Manager for the West Oakland Pantry. Our mission is to provide healthy alternative food options for this community. We currently have a crew of dedicated neighborhood volunteers that help us weekly to distribute and provide food to the community. They have been a tremendous support. Families have told me if it were not for our program, they would not have any food. Looking towards the future, the need continues to grow and we are always looking for more donors and support to fulfill the increasing needs of the residents we feed."
Northern California Breathmobile® Program
Washington Burns, MD
Breathmobile® Administrative Director
Mary Frazier, RN (Retired)
Breathmobile® Project Advisor
The Northern California® Program is staffed by a combined team of in-house staff and a team of medical providers ranging from licensed respiratory therapists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners and medical doctors. Prescott-Joseph también ofrece servicios en español
Donna White Carey, MD
Breathmobile® Medical Director
Donna White Carey, MD, affectionately known as “Dr. Donna,” is devoted to revolutionizing the way we view “health” in the Black community. Her mission is to build a Generational Health Network by promoting the emotional/mental, spiritual, physical and environmental health of Black communities across America and the Diaspora. Dr. Donna has led international missions to Zimbabwe and Haiti and participated in part of a special US delegation to Botswana in hopes to connect our communities. Dr. Donna is the Executive Producer and Host of “Talking with Dr. Donna,” a health show created to promote accurate health information to help end the cycle of premature death in the Black community.
Dr. Donna has spent over two decades in clinical medicine and hospital administrative roles. She served as the first African American Chief of the Division of Pediatrics and later became the first Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Alameda Health System. Currently, Dr. Donna serves as the Medical Director of Case Management for Alameda Alliance for Health.
Dr. Donna is also the Executive Pastor of True Vine Ministries in West Oakland. During the pandemic, Dr. Donna led True Vine Ministries’ involvement in COVID response efforts. She secured contracts to create contact tracing and health education/outreach teams and hosted vaccination clinics that vaccinated over 7,000 people. As a believer in the power of prayer, Dr. Donna leads a weekly Women’s prayer line that is a lifeline for dealing with the issues facing today’s women.
Dr. Donna is a native of Tulare, CA. She graduated with honors from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in History/Pre-Med and remained at UCLA to earn her Medical Doctorate (M.D.) degree. She completed her pediatric residency training at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland and completed a one-year fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Donna also has a Masters of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Donna is married to Pastor Zachary E. Carey and has two beautiful children.
Dr. Donna Carey is now the Medical Director of the Breathmobile Program.
James Acuña
Breathmobile® Patient Services Representative/Driver (Bilingual - Spanish)
James Acuña has worked for the Prescott-Joseph Center and the Northern California Breathmobile Program since 2009 as the Bilingual Patient Services Representative / Driver. He is a graduate from California State University, Long Beach with a BA Degree in Liberal Arts and is the recipient of the Every Breath Counts Service Award in 2013. James has had extensive training in disaster readiness through the Red Cross and Oakland’s C.O.R.E. Programs and has volunteered as a little league baseball coach for the past 7 years. In his spare time, James enjoys playing the guitar and collaborating with other musicians in the East Bay. James is also very committed to the East Bay communities by serving as a health educator and by providing health access to those who live in under-served areas
Leslie Leon
Van Coordinator/Breathmobile® Program Medical Assistant (Bilingual - Spanish)
Leslie Zeceña graduated from Contra Costa College in 2014 as a Medical Assistant (MA). She began working at PJC in 2014 as an Intern, then became a part time Medical Assistant. In March 2017, she joined our staff as a full time Medical Assistant for the Breathmobile. While on the Breathmobile, Leslie take the patients vitals, does a pulmonary function test, asthma education, as well as providing translation for patients. Leslie is bilingual in English and Spanish and also provides outreach for the Breathmobile. She visits schools, attends meetings and community festivals, and conducts asthma education classes for parents and children. Leslie also helps with the administrative work in the office, which includes scheduling appointments, making reminder calls to families, updating flyers, translating materials into Spanish, as well as help coordinating with Breathmobile partners and contacts. Leslie is also an Asthma Facilitator through the American Lung Association which allows her to teach a program called Open Airways For School. This program educates children on how to self-manage their asthma.
Chris Venenciano
Breathmobile® Program Van Coordinator
Contra Costa County Team Lead
Chris joined the BreathMobile team in March of 2018. He is the Van Coordinator for PJC’s second BreathMobile located in East Contra Costa County. Chris provides asthma education to all the families who visit the East County BreathMobile to help them better manage their asthma. He also helps the community by giving Asthma Management classes to parents, faculty and staff, and community centers throughout the county. Besides helping the community youth breathe easier, he also helps them stay fit by running the youth martial arts program for the City of Pittsburg, Parks & Recreation Department on the weekends.
Francisco "Paco" Galvez
Breathmobile® Patient Services Representative/Driver - Contra Costa County
Francisco “Paco” Galvez is from Riverbank, CA in the California Central Valley. He graduated from CSU Stanislaus with a BS Degree in Business Administration/Marketing. He also took extensive classes in Computer Graphics and Art Classes. Francisco has always had a passion art, music and gardening. In his spare time, he likes to work on various art projects, from comic-book art, computer graphics, and painting wall murals to airbrush art or painting on canvas. Francisco started at the Prescott-Joseph Center in August of 2018 as a Bilingual Patient Services Representative/Driver for the Breathmobile in Contra Costa County. He wants to make a positive impact for the community of Pittsburg CA, and the nearby areas in the region by providing asthma education and outreach to the parents of school children who have asthma.