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.
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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.
Susan Harrington, MS, RD
PresidentKaren Ochoa, MA
Director of Health Equity Programs and OperationsDominique Diaz
PMP, CDP Program ManagerClaudia Pacheco, MPH
Health Equity Programs CoordinatorVetannie Morton
Coordinator of Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion ProgramsJulia Slininger, RN, BA, CPHQ
QI Consultant Hospital Association of Southern California/Hospital Quality InstituteKristina Tran
Vice President, FinanceThe Communities Lifting Communities Advisory Group members represent hospitals, health plans, community clinics, public health, and related health association executives.
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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