Maricopa Health Centers Governing Council

Liz McCarty is a fifth-generation Arizonan, born in Phoenix and raised in Show Low. She attended Arizona State University. She owned Coldwell Banker McCarty Realty for 25 years with offices in Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside and Heber-Overgaard.

Liz was the Vice-Chairman of Frontier State Bank, a regional community bank with $100,000,000 in assets. In 2003 Frontier State Bank was purchased by National Bank of Arizona, a subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation. 

She also served in various positions on the White Mountain Association of Realtors as well as the Arizona Association of Realtors. She held positions as director and/or president of the Show Low Chamber of Commerce, White Mountains Division American Heart Association and Northland Pioneer College Real Estate Advisory Committee.

Liz was on the Foster Care Review Board of Navajo County. She is certified by the State Supreme Court as a Confidential Intermediary and spends time working to reconnect birth parents and adoptees.

Liz currently resides in Scottsdale with her husband Howard Jones. She enjoys photography, gardening and cooking.

Melissa Kotrys is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Health Current, the health information exchange (HIE) that helps partners transform care by bringing together communities and information across Arizona.

Ms. Kotrys currently serves on the Maricopa Health Centers Governing Council and on the board of the national trade association of community and regional HIEs, the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC).  Prior to joining Health Current, Mrs. Kotrys worked as a consultant and health policy analyst at Deloitte Consulting.  Mrs. Kotrys holds a Master’s in Public Health from The George Washington University with a concentration in health policy, and a Bachelor of Arts from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Gary Tenney is the Managing Partner of The Nuvo LLC, an investment concern holding and trading commercial real estate, securities, precious minerals, subprime mortgages and operating companies.  He brokered industrial properties for 29 years in the western United States prior to forming Nuvo.  Mr. Tenney graduated with a degree in finance from Arizona State University and currently holds a real estate broker license in the State of Arizona. 

Lloyd Y. Asato is the executive director for Asian Pacific Community in Action (APCA), a community health non-profit serving Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and other emerging communities in Arizona. APCA was founded in 2002 to meet the health needs of Arizona’s fastest growing segment, the AAPI communities. APCA provides free in-language assistance to a diverse community that speaks over 60 different languages.

Each year, APCA helps thousands of low income, limited English proficient AAPIs access lifesaving health care and navigate complex health systems. The APCA Strong Women Healthy Families program provides culturally competent, in-language care empowerment and enabling services for women. APCA’s Asian American Diabetes Initiative educates providers about type 2 diabetes in the AA community, educates at-risk community members and helps them access care and information to better manage their condition. The APCA Benefits Enrollment Center helps low income seniors and persons with disabilities access programs that pay for healthcare, food and more. APCA partners with the community to advance health equity for all Arizonans. APCA convenes and leads cross-cultural coalitions with a common vision to serve and empower communities of color in Arizona.

Mr. Asato currently serves on the Maricopa Health Center Governing Council and is on the board of the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Asato previously served as the deputy director for the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians and served as the senior policy analyst for the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum in Washington, D.C. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Asato served as the interim chief of the Hawaii State Office of Rural Health. He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii.

Terry Benelli the Executive Director of LISC- Phoenix has dedicated thirty years to community development. Her most recent focus has been on building healthy places through economic development and affordable housing programs near the Light Rail. Appointed to fill the vacancy on the Mesa City Council, Terry Benelli served as the council member for District 2. A Mesa resident for almost 30 years, Benelli has been an active member of the Mesa community, serving on numerous boards and committees.  As a Flinn-Brown Fellow and graduate of the Mesa Leadership Training and Development Program her passion for civic leadership and community development is always evolving. 

Christine Hammond born and raised in Indiana, graduated from Purdue University and then ASU for my BSN in Nursing.  Christine is married to a wonderful man and has four children and seven grandchildren.  She currently works as an Assistant Director of a non-profit program overseen by AZ Department of Education.   She trains and supports clients in Health, Safety and Nutrition.  Christine is active in the music ministry at her church as well as teaches a women's Bible study.  Children and women's health are of great importance to her and as a member of the Governing Council, she can help advocate for them as well as all patients who are served by MIHS.

April Jordan-Kramer is one of the newest members of the MIHS Governing Council.  She holds a BS in Biology from Arizona State as well as a paralegal certification from Phoenix College.  Mrs. Jordan-Kramer comes from a long line of family members who have served in their communities, including her mother, the late Anita Jordan, who served on the Council for many years.  April knows she has some big shoes to fill, and is very much looking forward to furthering her passion of making positive change in the lives of others, as her mother did.  Alongside her service on the Governing Council, she is also currently studying to one day supplement her last name with the title, “Dr.,” and using it to be a provider of health care services to underserved populations.

Ryan D. Winkle is a community economic development consultant working with underserved communities all over the Phoenix - Mesa Metro Area in the areas of housing options, workforce development, neighborhood revitalization, public outreach and transit oriented development. He graduated from ASU with a dual degree in Sustainability and in Urban Planning and completed his MBA at Wilkes University in Mesa. Ryan’s interests are in community projects, civic engagement and cultural awareness. Ryan grew up in Mesa where he now lives with his wife and son.