Our Team

Board of Directors, Advisory Committee & Our Staff

The Communities Lifting Communities Board of Directors represent hospitals and health systems, health plans and related health association executives.

  • John Calderone, PhD
    Retired Hospital CEO, Chair
  • Dr. Elaine Batchlor
    CEO Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, Vice Chair
  • Dora Barilla
    President and Co-Founder, HC2 Strategies, Inc., Secretary
  • George Greene
    President and CEO, Hospital Association of Southern California, Vice Chair/Ex Officio
  • Jennifer Swenson
    Retired Hospital CEO
  • Jonathan Schreiber
    Cedars-Sinai Health System
  • Kristina Tran
    Hospital Association of Southern California, VP Finance
  • Sylvia Lozano
    Vice President, Hospital Relations, Inland Empire Health Plan, Treasurer

The Communities Lifting Communities Advisory Group members represent hospitals and health systems, health plans, community clinics, public health, and related health associations.

  • Alina Moran
    President/CEO, California Hospital Medical Center, Advisory Chair
  • Barbara Masters
    Director, California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative
  • David Batista
    Executive Vice President, AHMC
  • Dr. Phillip Wong, PsD
    Chief Executive Officer, Gateways Hosptial and Mental Health Center
  • Janelle Blanco
    Executive Director, United Hospital Association
  • John Yamamoto
    Vice President, Community Health and Government Relations, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Health Plan, Southern California
  • Matt Moyer
    Senior Director of Clinical Services, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
  • Kathryn Bazylewicz
    VP, Marketing and Population Health, Cottage Health
  • Pamela Weatherspoon, MBA
    VP, Enterprise, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Huntington Hospital
  • Peggy Wheeler
    VP of Policy, California Hospital Association
  • Rick Rawson
    President/CEO, Adventist Health and Rideout
  • Alex Li
    Chief Health Equity Officer, L.A. Care
  • Ryan Yamamoto
    Chief Operating Officer, The Coalition OC

The Communities Lifting Communities Advisory Group members represent hospitals, health plans, community clinics, public health, and related health association executives.

Karen Ochoa, MA, CDP
Director of Health Equity Programs and Operations
Claudia Pacheco, MPH, CDP, CHES®
Health Equity Program Manager
Daniel Wherley
Program Manager
Darielle Green
Program Coordinator
Iliana Covarrubias, CDP
Operations and Project Coordinator
Vetannie Morton
Coordinator of Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion Programs
Kristina Tran, MS
Vice President, Finance