Susan Harrington, MS, RD, President, 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). CLC is working with HASC, HC2 Strategies, and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California to advance significant systems change through a collective impact model aligning HASC member hospitals and health systems, public health departments, health plans, and community stakeholders to improve community health and reduce health disparities. Susan holds a Master’s degree in Nutrition from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from the University of California, Davis.