Recognizing Jeffrey B. Caballero, Mph, Executive Director of the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (Aapcho)
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Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an outstanding member of our community, Executive Director of the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations Jeffrey B. Caballero, MPH, who has received the Hepatitis B Foundation's 2025 Community Leadership Award.
Prior to becoming Executive Director of the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Jeffrey began his journey at the University of California, San Diego where he studied biochemistry and cell biology. After graduating UC San Diego in 1988, he continued his studies at the University of California, Los Angeles--School of Public Health where he received his Master of Public Health degree. He also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management's Health Care Executive Program.
Since 1993, Jeffrey and his colleagues at the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations have dedicated their time and energy to promoting advocacy, collaboration, and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Jeffrey's oversight of the overall strategic direction and execution of the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations' mission seeks to bring about a world in which all the communities AAPCHO serves have equitable access to affordable, high quality, and culturally and linguistically proficient health care. To date, the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations comprises 34 community health organizations serving over 750,000 patients nationwide.
Additionally, Jeffrey acts as the founding co-chair of Hep B United, a national coalition to unify and enhance local coalitions and community health centers dedicated to eliminating Hepatitis B virus infections and its complications. Hep B United was founded in 2013 as a partnership between the Hepatitis B Foundation and AAPCHO and has done incredible work in elevating Hepatitis B as a national priority. His lifetime commitment to eliminating health disparities related to Hepatitis B as well as liver cancer and his broader efforts to improving the lives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been recognized by the Hepatitis B Foundation through his receiving the 2025 Community Leadership Award.
I wish to congratulate Jeffrey on his almost four decades of service to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and on his well-deserved recognition from the Hepatitis B Foundation.
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