Hellan R. Dowden is founder and CEO of HR Dowden & Associates, a consulting group that represents clients with interests in health, education, social services, children, work force investment and training, technology and the public sect. She also co-manages Teachers for Healthy Kids, a collaboration of the California Teachers Association and the California Association of Health Plans, funded by The California Endowment to enroll kids in health care through schools. She represents county-organized health systems in Yolo, Napa, Solano, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
Beth Capell is a lobbyist and policy advocate for Health Access California, a statewide health care consumer advocacy organization based in Oakland that is comprised of a coalition of over 200 constituency groups working for quality, affordable health care for all. Capell works out of the Sacramento office to provide policy analysis, legislative advocacy and other strategic input to Health Access and to other consumer, labor and public interest organizations on health care issues. Capell, who runs the legislative advocacy firm Capell & Associates, has represented Health Access since 1996.
