Care Team

Meet the amazing Care Team at our clinic. . .

Helen Royal, Behavioral Health Director
Helen joined the Clinic's staff in 2006. Helen received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1988 and a Master’s degree in Agency Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado in 1996. In addition to being the Behavioral Health Director, Helen is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor. She is also a member of the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) and is Level I certified by EAGALA. Helen helps ease the process of referring patients for Behavioral Health services. She uses solution focused, cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help patients learn to manage their physical and emotional stressors. She also works as part of the Care Team to make essential resources and information available. In addition, she is responsible for collaborating at a local and state level to ensure quality care for Care Clinic clients, compliance with State and Federal contracts and service integration with agency partners.

Jenniffer Gonzalez, Patient Support Services Director
Jenniffer moved to Summit County in January, 2004 and joined the Summit Community Care Clinic staff in May of 2004. She was born in Panama. She has a Masters Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Tourism and trained at Las Palmas University in the Canary Islands, Spain. Jenniffer feels passionate about her job because she loves helping and offering support to her Latino community. She is also our Women’s Health Coordinator, providing case management and care coordination for women eligible for the Women Wellness Connection and Susan G. Komen grants, which make free women's annual exams and mammograms possible. Jenniffer supervises the Care Team and provides them with the tools to reach the goals established by the Care Team.

Sole Hardoy, Equality in Health & Data Coordinator
Sole lived the first 25 years of her life in Argentina. She joined the Care Clinic team in 2009 as our Eligibility Coordinator. Sole received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Buenos Aires University. She is now our Equality in Health and Data Coordinator and is responsible for developing cultural competency programs to be used in orientations and education for our staff and community partners. Sole is responsible for the quality assurance function which involves the assessment on how the clinic is doing in terms of eliminating healthcare barriers and identifying where we need additional structure and support to make necessary improvements necessary to the Clinic’s function and procedures. Sole exemplifies clinic values while interacting with patients and with the public all the while displaying fiscal responsibility and stewardship for the organization.