Silva Pediatric and Dental Clinic, Firehouse Clinic
David Vliet is CEO of Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, operator of the Silva Pediatric and Dental Clinic and the brand new Firehouse Clinic in South Hayward.
Presenting with Mr. Vliet will be Hayward Rotarian Dr. Sri Ponnala, director of the pediatric dental clinic.
Presiding on April 4: President Andy Krake
Also on April 4: Graham Lustig, Art Director, Oakland Ballet
Dr. Sridevi Ponnala, Chief Dental Officer
Dr. Ponnala currently serves as a Chief Dental Officer for Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center. She graduated from UCSF School of Dentistry in 2004 and has been providing dental services for the underserved communities. She oversees the operations of 4 dental clinics and also provides direct patient care.
Prior to coming onboard with TVHC, she managed dental services at Native American Health Center in San Francisco, taught as an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF, and served as a mentor to DDS students, focusing on cultural competence skills and minimally invasive dentistry. She has carried this love of teaching with her to TVHC and has worked to create partnership with the University of the Pacific, so that their dental residents could get experience working in community clinic setting and could consider public health careers. Dr. Ponnala has been recently appointed as Adjunct Faculty at Chabot Hygiene program.
Dr. Ponnala is a graduate of UCSF’s Emerging Leaders Program and also a Past Present for Dental Directors Network at California Primary Care Association.
David B. Vliet, BHA, MBA, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. David B. Vliet, MBA, comes to TVHC with over 20 years of experience in practice management and health services administration. For 7 years prior to joining TVHC in 2012, he served as the CEO of Central Texas Community Health Centers, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), managing 22 delivery sites and over 500 employees and led the transition of the organization from a department of the City of Austin to a non-profit. He also served as Chief Operating Officer, for the organization for 3 years overseeing significant expansion of the organization and the implementation of the practice’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Electronic Practice Management (EPM) system.
Mr. Vliet also worked as a practice administrator for the renowned Nemours Children’s Clinic, Orlando, FL, a multi-pediatric specialty practice, with operational responsibility for 18 medical and surgical divisions. He has served on the boards of directors for the National Association of Community Health Centers and for the Texas Association of Community Health Centers. He holds a Bachelors in Health Services Administration from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL. He has been a member of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) since 1995 and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Alameda Health Consortium (AHC) and Community Health Center Network (CHCN), a partnership of community health centers committed to enhancing their collective ability to provide comprehensive, quality health care.
Mr. Vliet was most recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a financial institution that provides comprehensive financial services to cooperatives and other non-profit organizations throughout the country and addresses the financial needs of an underserved market niche, including health care, especially in low-income communities.