Staff
Meet Our President
Erica Andrade, President/CEO
EAndrade@elcentroinc.com
Erica Andrade was appointed President and CEO of El Centro, Inc. on July 1, 2023
Erica Andrade was born in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas and is the proud daughter of a strong, resilient immigrant mother from Guanajuato, Mexico. She migrated to Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 15 where she graduated from JC Harmon High School and has since called KCK home.
She graduated from the University of Kansas in 2001 with a BA in Latin American Studies and started working at El Centro soon after. In the fall of 2017, she enrolled in the executive MPA program at UMKC and graduated in 2019.
Erica has worked at El Centro for the past 22 years. Prior to being named CEO, she has served as Chief Program Officer (2018-2023), Patient Navigation Program Manager (2010-2018), and Adult Education Program Manager (2001-2010).
Vice Presidents
Dr. Kelli Mather
Vice President of Operations
kmather@elcentroinc.com
Justin Gust
Vice President of Community Engagement
jgust@elcentroinc.com
Elizabeth Reynoso
Vice President of Programs
ereynoso@elcentroinc.com
Administrative
Robert Ortiz
Director of Finance
rortiz@elcentroinc.com
Lety Diaz
Administrative Assistant
ldiaz@elcentroinc.com
Steve Rose
Technology Coordinator
srose@elcentroinc.com
Sash Selvaraj
Technology Specialist
sselvaraj@elcentroinc.com
Brittany Barcenas
Accounting Assistant
bbarcenas@elcentroinc.com
Cinthia Betancourth
Receptionist/Intake Specialist
cbetancourth@elcentroinc.com
Sandra Flores
Receptionist/Intake Specialist
sflores@elcentroinc.com
Enderlys Piña
Custodian
epina@elcentroinc.com
Empowerment
Saira Galvan
Director of Empowerment
sgalvan@elcentroinc.com
Wendy Moreno
Empowerment Coordinator
wmoreno@elcentroinc.com
Melissa Lockhart
Casa Coach
mlockhart@elcentroinc.com
Abel Facundo Quiroga
Community Specialist
afacundoquiroga@elcentroinc.com
Yadira Soltero
Promotora Lead – Southwest KS
ysoltero@elcentroinc.com
Access
Julia Reza Valenzuela
Director of Access
jrezavalenzuela@elcentroinc.com
Ivonne Galindo
Access Specialist
bgalindo@elcentroinc.com
Claudia Lopez
Access Specialist
cllopez@elcentroinc.com
Karina Bravo
Health Navigator
kbravo@elcentroinc.com
Yvette Carias Solis
Health Navigator
ysolis@elcentroinc.com