Ommar Rivas, Sr. Training Specialist, comes to UCLA Health with over fourteen years of training and developing experience. He started his career with Marriott International in 2006. While working in Human Resources, he was asked to deliver New Hire Orientation. He fell in love with training and spent the next 9 years as a facilitator, first in two hotels in Arizona and then for a cluster of 11 full-service hotels in the Southern California area, delivering corporate programs.
Nickle Van Wormer, Sr. Training Specialist, started his training career in the United States Air Force. Additionally, he spent eight years as a Trainer and Instructional Designer for Wegmans Food Markets. Since moving to Los Angeles four years ago, he has worked for Sky Zone Franchise Group as Manager of Learning and Organizational Development, and for USC as Sr. Organizational Development Specialist. Nickle holds a Master of Science Degree in Human Resource Development from RIT.
Chava Caiyem Martinez, Training Specialist, has been with UCLA Health for four years. Her areas of expertise include professional development, leadership/communication skills training, facilitation, and design. Through her trainings, Chava invites all employees to appreciate the perspective of those we serve and provide these learners with practical tools that enable them to better manage the impact that their behaviors have on not only our patients’ experience of care, but to each other and the organization.
Vanessa Della Valle, Learning and Organizational Development Analyst, started her marketing career at Lectorum Publications, a subsidiary of Scholastic Inc., representing the children’s book distributor in the West coast at national educational conferences and helping schools create their new libraries of Spanish language and bilingual books. She worked for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as a Coordinator in Volunteer Services. Vanessa holds a Master of Public Administration degree from California State University, Northridge.
Argelia Monroy, Learning and Development Operations Specialist, joined UCLA in 2004 and has been with CORE since 2008. Prior to joining CORE, Argelia was a Manager for the Teacher Education Program (M.Ed.) at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, as well as Residency Program Coordinator for the Department of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine. Before coming to UCLA, Argelia was an Operations Supervisor for Laureate International Universities Teacher Continuing Education Programs.
Sherry Dodge, Learning and Development Manager, prior to joining the Learning and Development team in her current role, Sherry worked in the department for seven years as a Senior Organizational Development Consultant. She has also served as Director of Patient Experience at UCLA Health, Adjunct Faculty at Santa Monica College, and Director of Career Services at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. She has a Master’s degree in Education and an undergraduate degree in Communication Studies from UCLA.