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
  • Thomas Priselac
    President/CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System
  • Jonathan Schreiber
    Cedars-Sinai Health System
  • Kristina Tran
    Hospital Association of Southern California
  • Sylvia Lozano
    Vice President, Hospital Relations, Inland Empire Health Plan

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
  • 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 Hall
    VP, Network Development and Contracting – Provider Network Management Health Net
  • John Yamamoto
    Vice President, Community Health and Government Relations, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Health Plan, 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

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
Administrative Assistant
Vetannie Morton
Coordinator of Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion Programs
Kristina Tran, MS
Vice President, Finance