Leadership Team

Prior to joining CommUnityCare, Dr. Fournier served as the CEO of West Side Community Health Services (a not-for-profit FQHC in St. Paul, Minnesota), as deputy health officer at the Ingham County Health Department (a public entity FQHC in Lansing, Michigan) and as CEO of Greater Elgin Family Care Center (a not-for-profit FQHC in Elgin, Illinois). He also helped form and operationalize the nation’s first FQHC-led Medicaid accountable care organization

(ACO) while in Minnesota and served as an expert consultant for Arizona State University’s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported National Safety Net Advancement Center, which aims to transform the ability of U.S. safety net organizations to respond to payment and care delivery reform efforts in fast-evolving financial and delivery health care environments.

Fournier earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto, a Doctor of Chiropractor degree from the National College of Chiropractic, and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also completed a three-year research residency through the National University of Health Sciences.

Yagoda joined CommUnityCare in 2014 and throughout his tenure with us has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to strengthening the health and well-being of the patients and families we are so privileged to care for. Since 2014, Yagoda has continuously cared for our communities as a family medicine physician with a focus on HIV and addiction medicine. He further helped develop the region’s first treatment program for uninsured people with opioid use disorders and is a founding member of the Fast Track Cities/Getting to Zero task force to end the HIV epidemic in Travis County. Yagoda is also an assistant professor of population health at The University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, and his writing has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the Annals of Family Medicine, The Journal of Family Practice, and Nature. A native of New York’s Brooklyn borough, he completed his medical education at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and his postgraduate training at the FQHC-based Lawrence Family Medicine Residency in northeastern Massachusetts.

Prior to joining CommUnityCare, Sloan was the chief financial officer for Eastland Memorial Hospital, a small rural hospital in Texas, and served as chief financial officer for two FQHCs, one in Texas and one in Indiana.

Sloan has over 13 years’ experience in FQHC finance and two years’ hospital experience and has a proven record of balancing strong fiscal control with service line growth. Sloan holds a B.A. in accounting from Anderson University and a master’s in health care management from WGU. When not in the office, Sloan spends time with her two kids and husband, enjoys yoga and walking, and loves to ride horses.

Camarena is a solutions-focused administrator with a comprehensive background in clinical, administrative, and quality fields. She is accomplished in transforming health care delivery models.

Camarena graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (formally Pan American University) with an associate degree in nursing. She continued her education with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Texas at Austin, followed by a Master in Healthcare Administration from Kaplan University. In addition, Camarena recently received an appointment as an adjunct professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing.

She began her health care career as a nurse’s aide in an acute care hospital. Having begun with bedside care, she understands the importance of patient care at all service levels. She is passionate for the need to create a caring environment for the patients we serve and developing positive employee engagement.

Prior to joining CUC in 2021, Trower served as chief of staff to the senior vice president and CFO at The University of Texas at Austin, advising and leading strategic initiatives for a 2,400-person portfolio, including campus safety and security, finances, information, human resources, development, real estate, construction utilities and administrative services. She also served as one of the university’s primary contacts on local governmental affairs issues where the university’s interests intersected with those of the City of Austin and Travis County, especially on COVID-19 response, transportation, sustainability, development issues and community relationships in East Austin and West Campus.

Trower spent more than 18 years in the Austin community as a journalist and professional communicator, holding roles at the Austin American-Statesman, most notably as the senior editor for opinion and commentary (Viewpoints) and in University Communications at UT Austin. She has also worked as an adjunct professor at Huston-Tillotson University and UT Austin.

Her community involvement includes serving as vice chair of the KUT Advisory Board. She was a member of the 2019 McBee Fellow class with the Austin Area Research Organization.

Trower received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University.

Virden is passionate about the people who bring organizations to life and focuses on implementing change to enhance the employee experience and achieve workforce excellence.

Prior to joining CommUnityCare, Virden served as the director of human resources for HNI Healthcare and as vice president of administrative services for Lone Star Circle of Care. Virden has more than 10 years of human resources experience, all within health care.