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NEWSLETTER
Director’s Message
JULY 2023
Peer-to-Peer
Fabian T. Mendez
Greetings OC Health Care
“I am very committed to making sure
Agency (HCA) Team,
that quality is job number one since it reflects the OC Health Care Agency
I hope you are well. It has been
(HCA) and myself.” Quality, along
an honor to serve as Acting
with commitment and an attention
Agency Director during this time
to detail, are at the core of Peer-to-
of transition. I am pleased to
Peer recipient Fabian T. Mendez,
share that former Director of the
Public Health Services, Health
Social Services Agency, Debra
Promotion. He described his job and
Baetz, is on schedule to begin
role at the HCA this way, “I’m
serving as Interim Director of the
an Information Processing
HCA this month. I know you’ll
Technician, but my role
join me in welcoming Debra.
with the HCA has morphed into
Although this is a time of tran-
more of a utility-
sition, I hope you are excited
handyman
about our future, both imme-
role.”
diate and long term. The HCA is on the verge of an opportunity
It's a role
for growth and fresh perspec-
Fabian
tives as we continue our unwav-
enjoys as
ering commitment to providing
he’s been
. . . continued on page 2
with the HCA for 29 years. His life
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