Sandra Celedon

For over 15 years, Sandra Celedon has been a noteworthy leader in the Public Health sector. Celedon is the President and Chief Executive Officer for Fresno Building Healthy Communities and is responsible for guiding and supporting multi-sector, diverse stakeholder collaboration to foster and encourage thriving communities where all children and families can live healthy, safe, and productive lives. 

Under her leadership, Fresno Building Healthy Communities has been at the forefront in advancing policies and systems change to create opportunities for everyone to thrive – regardless of zip code or socioeconomic status.

Celedon played an integral role in the development and implementation of the 2018 Fresno for Parks initiative (Measure P), a citizen-led initiative to provide locally-controlled funding for clean, safe neighborhood parks, arts, and trails in the city of Fresno.

In 2020, Celedon was elected as the vice-chair for the Fresno Commission on Police Reform, a 37-member commission comprised of residents, advocates, and stakeholders assigned to develop recommendations to institute reform within the Fresno Police Department. At the beginning of the Pandemic, Celedon co-developed the COVID-19 Equity Project – a collaborative effort including over 17 community-based organizations and 100 community health workers providing prevention education, vaccinations, and resources to over 25,000 vulnerable community residents in Fresno County. The project has been replicated in two other counties with Celedon’s support. 

Most recently in 2021, Celedon was appointed to the Measure C Executive Committee, along with five additional community advocates. The new seats helped add community voices and representation on a committee tasked with developing an expenditure plan to renew Measure C - a half-cent sales tax that is supposed to improve the overall quality of Fresno County’s transportation system.