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Board of Directors

Overview

2021 Board of Directors

The HASC Board is charged with guiding the association on major public policy issues impacting hospitals and health systems. The Board membership includes representatives from a cross section of hospitals, health systems, patient care representatives and nursing representatives.

Board member

Kerry Heinrich
Chair

CEO, Adventist Health
Board member

Joe Avelino, RN
Chair Elect

CEO, College Medical Center
Board member

Bernard Klein, MD
Immediate Past Chair

Chief Executive, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Staff

George W. Greene, Esq.
President

President/CEO, Hospital Association of Southern California
Area representative

Lori Morgan, MD
Treasurer

President/CEO, Huntington Hospital
Area representative

Keith Hobbs
Secretary

Executive Vice President, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Profile

Carmela Coyle
Ex-Officio Member

President/CEO, California Hospital Association
Board member

Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH
Member at Large / Harbor Area Representative

CEO, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Area representative

James West
Member at Large / Los Angeles Hospital Leadership Chair

President/CEO, PIH Health
Board member

Marcel Loh
Member at Large

President/CEO, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
Area representative

Vita Willett
Member at Large

SVP/Area Manager Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical
Area representative

Gary Olney
Coast Area Representative

CEO, Providence Little Company of Mary Medical
Board member

Craig Leach
Coast Area Representative

President/CEO, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Area representative

David Kowalski
Harbor Area Representative

CEO, Kindred Hospital – La Mirada
Area representative

Douglas Kleam
Inland Area Chair

President, St. Bernardine Medical Center
Area representative

Darlene Wetton
Inland Area Representative

CEO, Temecula Valley Hospital
Area representative

Jim Holmes
Inland Area Representative

President/CEO, Redlands Community Hospital
Area representative

John Raffoul
Los Angeles Central Area Representative

President, Adventist Health White Memorial
Area representative

Jorge Orozco
Los Angeles Central Area Representative

CEO, LAC+USC Medical Center
Area representative

Dale Surowitz
Northwest Area Representative

President/CEO, Joyce Eisenberg Keefer Medical
Board member

Roger Seaver
Northwest Area Representative

President/CEO, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Area representative

Jeremy Zoch, PhD
Orange County Area Chair

CEO, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange
Area representative

Chad Lefteris
Orange County Area Representative

CEO, UC Irvine Health
Area representative

Susan Taylor
Orange County Area Representative

CEO, College Hospital Costa Mesa
Area representative

Alice Cheng
San Gabriel Valley Area Representative

President/CEO, Beverly Hospital