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Susan Harrington, MS, RD
President

March 22, 2021

Susan Harrington, MS, RD, President, Communities Lifting Communities, Hospital Association of Southern California. Susan is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and has worked in public health for over 32 years. She is a former director of the Riverside County Department of Public Health and is a public and community health consultant. In July 2018, Susan joined the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) as the Executive Director for Communities Lifting Communities (CLC). CLC is working with HASC, HC2 Strategies, and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California to advance significant systems change through a collective impact model aligning HASC member hospitals and health systems, public health departments, health plans, and community stakeholders to improve community health and reduce health disparities. Susan holds a Master’s degree in Nutrition from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from the University of California, Davis.

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(213) 538-0717
sharrington@hasc.org
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Dominique Diaz
Program Coordinator

March 22, 2021

Dominique Diaz joined the Hospital Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) in January 2021. She is currently a Program Coordinator supporting the implementation of CLC’s initiatives. Ms. Diaz has an interest in leadership engagement as well as optimizing community collective impact model to address Social Determinants of Health.

 Prior to joining Communities Lifting Communities, Ms. Diaz worked for the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), as a Quality Improvement Specialist. In this role, she was accountable for creating, leading, and executing the strategy for deliverables set forth by CMS across the Inland Empire, Orange County, and the Central Valley markets.  She worked on a variety of projects that included collaborating with hospital leaders and their post-acute partners to improve care coordination with a focus to improve patient outcomes and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and readmissions.  

Ms. Diaz earned her Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.

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Susan Harrington, MS, RD
President

March 22, 2021

Susan Harrington, MS, RD, President, Communities Lifting Communities, Hospital Association of Southern California. Susan is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and has worked in public health for over 32 years. She is a former director of the Riverside County Department of Public Health and is a public and community health consultant. In July 2018, Susan joined the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) as the Executive Director for Communities Lifting Communities (CLC).

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(213) 538-0717
sharrington@hasc.org
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Dominique Diaz
Program Coordinator

March 22, 2021

Dominique Diaz joined the Hospital Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) in January 2021. She is currently a Program Coordinator supporting the implementation of CLC’s initiatives. Ms. Diaz has an interest in leadership engagement as well as optimizing community collective impact model to address Social Determinants of Health.

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Karen Ochoa, MA
Director of Health Equity Programs and Operations

March 22, 2021

Karen Ochoa, Director of Health Equity Programs and Operations, Communities Lifting Communities, Hospital Association of Southern California. Karen manages projects and daily operations of the organization. Prior to joining CLC, Karen served as the Education Manager for the Hospital Association of Southern California. In her role as Education Manager, she supported the development of the various educational programs that focused on leadership development for hospital clinical and healthcare executives.

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(213) 538-0765
kochoa@hasc.org
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