GUADALUPE MAGALLANES - ANGEL
Rialto,CA
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director, Early Childhood Development
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
Pomona, CA
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team, supporting strategic planning, policy implementation, and operational analysis to achieve organizational goals.
- Oversight of the Child Development Division, providing case management services for an average of 2,500 children (birth through age five), with developmental delays/disabilities and their families.
- Managed a division of 125 employees, including 12 direct reports.
- Coordinated audits with the Department of Developmental Services, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations and statute.
- Cultivated partnerships with school districts, state and county agencies, Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans, and community partners to improve coordination and care and services.
- Secured and led a $500,000 grant supporting early detection of children with developmental delays (birth to five), and helped develop a multilingual online application, increasing accessibility for the community served.
Associate Director, Early Start and Intake Services
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
Pomona, CA
01.2014 - 01.2022
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team responsible for performance management and quality improvement initiatives.
- Ensured compliance oversight with federal and state mandates of California's Early Start program.
- Managed a high-volume Intake Department, processing an average of 300 applications monthly for eligibility under Early Start and the Lanterman Act.
- Designed and implemented process improvements that reduced redundancy, met compliance measures, and decreased the Intake timeline process for applicants.
- Supervised a department of 64 employees, with additional oversight responsibilities for clinical contractors, including physicians, psychologists, physical, occupational, and speech therapists.
- Member of the Association of Regional Center Agencies, Early Start Discipline Group.
Associate Director, Clinical Services
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
Pomona, CA
01.2007 - 01.2014
- Member of the Executive Team overseeing clinical services operations, revenue development, state policy implementation, risk management, and operations improvement initiatives.
- Represented the agency on the state's Federal Revenues Task Force Committee.
- Member of the Association of Regional Center Agencies Clinical Directors Group.
- Oversaw various facets of the Clinical Services Department, including Clinical Services, Intake Services, and the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver program also known as Medicaid Waiver program.
- Supervised agency clinicians and managed contracts for external clinicians conducting assessments and the eligibility determination process of applicants.
- Coordinated audits with the Department of Developmental Services, which reviewed compliance of federal and state regulations and statute, under the HCBS Waiver.
- Participated in a multidisciplinary team responsible for determining eligibility for regional center services.
Manager, Home and Community Based Services Waiver
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
Pomona, CA
01.2001 - 01.2007
- Member of the Leadership Team, responsible for state and federal compliance oversight.
- Managed an average of 3,500 Medicaid Wavier cases funded through state and federal programs.
- Created training material and led training and development for staff in the areas of Medicaid Waiver case management responsibilities.
- Developed and delivered training programs for staff on Medicaid Waiver compliance responsibilities.
- Oversaw contracted nurses that supported in the reviewing and recertification of the Medicaid Waiver cases.
Timeline
Associate Director, Early Childhood Development
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
01.2022 - 01.2025
Associate Director, Early Start and Intake Services
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
01.2014 - 01.2022
Associate Director, Clinical Services
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
01.2007 - 01.2014
Manager, Home and Community Based Services Waiver
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center
01.2001 - 01.2007