Our Team

Board of Directors, Advisory Committee & Our Staff

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

  • Alina Moran
    President/CEO, California Hospital Medical Center
  • Barbara Masters
    Director, California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative
  • David Batista
    Chief Executive Officer, Doctors Hospital of Riverside
  • Dr. Phillip Wong, PsD
    Chief Executive Officer, Gateways Hosptial and Mental Health Center
  • Janelle Blanco
    Executive Director, United Hospital Association
  • John Calderone
    Retired Hospital CEO
  • John Hall
    VP, Network Development and Contracting – Provider Network Management Health Net
  • John Yamamoto
    VP, Legal, Government, Community Relations, & Community Benefit Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
  • 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
  • Jonathan Schreiber
    VP Community Engagement, Cedars-Sinai, Committee Chair
  • Denise Colome
    Program Director, Health Equity, Southern California Region, Providence
  • Sylvia Lozano
    Vice President, Hospital Relations, Inland Empire Health Plan

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

Karen Ochoa, MA
Director of Health Equity Programs and Operations
Dominique Diaz
PMP, CDP Program Manager
Claudia Pacheco, MPH
Health Equity Programs Coordinator
Vetannie Morton
Coordinator of Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion Programs
Julia Slininger, RN, BA, CPHQ
QI Consultant Hospital Association of Southern California/Hospital Quality Institute
Kristina Tran
Vice President, Finance

The Communities Lifting Communities Advisory Group members represent hospitals, health plans, community clinics, public health, 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
  • Thomas Priselac
    President/CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System
  • Mark Gamble
    Hospital Association of Southern California
  • Jonathan Schreiber
    Cedars-Sinai Health System
  • Kristina Tran
    Hospital Association of Southern California
  • Keith Hobbs
    Executive Vice President, Torrance Memorial Medical Center