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For Immediate Release
February 10, 2000

Eve Harris, i.e. communications
(415) 616-3930

Roni Cleland, TCWF
(818) 702-1900

Communications Department Adds New Staff

Woodland Hills, CA - A promoted employee and two new hires are among the professionals helping The California Wellness Foundation tell its story around the state.

"We recognize the importance of communicating effectively with different audiences as we strive to improve the health of Californians," said Gary L.Yates, President and CEO of the Foundation. "Our staff demonstrates a strong complement of talents and skills well suited to this effort."

Julio Marcial was promoted to communications associate in November 1999 after 18 months with the Foundation. He is a graduate of the Sociology of Mass Communication program at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a member of both the California Chicano News Media Association and the Communications Network. Marcial primarily assists with maintaining the website and cataloguing information on Foundation-funded publications and videos. "I'm honored to be a part of an organization that's making a difference in communities all across California," he said.

Communications Associate Erika Alicia McCarden honed her skills in public relations working for the Los Angeles Lakers, Forum Sports and NBC4 television before joining the Foundation in November 1999. "I am happy to have the opportunity to apply my communications experience at such a reputable and respected foundation as The California Wellness Foundation," McCarden said. The San Francisco native was raised in Inglewood and has been a member of the Black Public Relations Society since 1993. She is production coordinator and writer for the Foundation newsletter and assists with other Foundation publications.

Cindy Rae Hall fills the communications assistant position vacated by Marcial, providing administrative support to director Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo and four others. She was formerly with the National Conference for Community and Justice in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The California Wellness Foundation is an independent, private foundation, created in 1992, whose mission is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. TCWF has awarded 1,752 grants totaling nearly $271 million since 1992.

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