Our staff consists of professionals with experience in health
care and public health. We are dedicated to elevating community
health and reducing health disparities.
Megan Barajas, Research Associate, Communities Lifting
Communities, Hospital Association of Southern California. Megan’s
role for CLC is developing performance and outcome measurements
and evaluations for the collective impact model and community
health improvement initiatives. Concurrently, Megan is also
Assistant to Keven Porter, Regional Vice President in the Inland
Empire, where their focus is providing advocacy, public policy,
and regulatory support and implementation strategies to member
hospitals.
Susan Harrington, MS, RD, Executive Director, 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).
Karen Ochoa, Project Manager, 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.
