With 20 years of solid leadership experience, Ms. Yrun is recognized statewide for fostering constructive partnerships and coalitions among individuals, organizations, community and business leaders.  Her expertise and knowledge are significantly broad in scope, ranging from program development and management, to legislative procedures and lobbying. 

Recognized statewide as a member of Arizona’s Senate during the 45th Legislature, Ms. Yrun currently serves as the Director of Arizona Health Policy and Law Institute, concentrating on fostering the development of evidence based policies to address issue of health disparity.  Earlier in her career, she served as Project Director for the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault and as the Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona from 1982 through 2000.

Ms. Yrun is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Arizona Family Planning Council Individual Service Award, the Tucson NOW “Women of Courage” Award, the Arizona Public Health Association Public Policy Award, and the Young Women’s Christian Association’s Women on the Move Award.  She was a National Program Fellow at the National Hispana Leadership Institute, and a participant of the Leadership 2000:  Investing in Our Future National Leadership Program, the Milbank Memorial Fund Annual Health Policy Seminar, and the Robert Woods Johnson Family Caregiver Alliance Conference.

Ms. Yrun’s community and volunteer service reaches from local and statewide organizations to national organizations – from the Board of Directors of the Pacific Institute of Women’s Health and the Governor’s Tribal Health Advisory Workgroup, to the Governor’s Commission on the Health Status of Women and Families in Arizona and the Board of Amity International.