Officers
Chair
Joan Eng, MSN, RN
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Sharp HealthCare, San Diego
Vice Chair
Margaret Swisher, RN, MSN
System VP Regulatory Readiness
Dignity Health, San Francisco
Members
Melissa Clancy, MSHCA, CPHQ
Manager, Quality & Patient Safety
John Muir Health, Walnut Creek
Jackie Collins, RN, BSN, CEN
Regional Director, Accreditation, Regulation & Licensing
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region, Pasadena
Donald David, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Universal Health Services, Inc. Southern California Region, Corona
Maureen Doherty, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, CPHQ
Senior Quality Consultant
Stanford Health Care, Stanford
Andrea Godinez
Quality and Patient Safety Executive
Kindred Hospital – San Diego, San Diego
Wendy Hendrickson
Manager Accreditation Support PSJH
St. Joseph Health, Irvine
Barbara Jones
Regulatory Affairs Advocate
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Anaheim
Marilyn Lang, RN
Director of Patient Safety and Regulatory Compliance
Hoag Hospital Irvine, Newport Beach
Helen Lau, RN, MHROD, BSN, BMus
Patient Safety/Regulatory/Accreditation/ Infection Prevention
St. Joseph Health, Irvine
Jeff Logan
Director, Quality/Regulatory Management
Clovis Community Medical Center, Clovis
Sheila Martin, RN, MSN, MBA
Director of Accreditation and Licensure
Sutter Health, Sacramento
Maria Del Pilar Messner, RN
Corporate Director of Accreditation, Regulations and Licensing
Adventist Health, Roseville
Christine O’Farrell, BSN, CPHQ, PHRM
Director, Quality Management, Population Health, and Infection Control
Barton Memorial Hospital, South Lake Tahoe
Carol O’Dea, RN, MN, EdD
Administrative Director, Quality/Patient Safety
Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica
Lynn Parkinson
Managing Director, Hospital and Health Plan Quality
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region, Oakland
Judy Pugach, RN, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
PIH Health, Whittier
Sonia Rosales, BSHA, HACP
Clinical Risk Manager – Quality Risk and Regulatory Management
City of Hope, Duarte
Reynaldo Rosario, MSN, RN-BC, CPHQ
Enterprise Quality Manager Accreditation, Regulatory Affairs & Licensing
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose
Cari Toneck, RN, MN, CNS, CPHRM
VP, Chief Compliance and Risk Officer
Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia
Leslie Towns Navarra
Director, Medical and Regulatory Affairs
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
Christine Tuchmayer, RN, MSN, CIC, HACP
Interim Director, OLAR
Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles
Harsha Upadhyay, MBA, MS, CSHA, CPHQ
Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations
Prime Healthcare Services, Ontario
Diane Wynn, RN, MSN
Vice President, Risk Management Services
MemorialCare Health System, Fountain Valley
Staff
Kiyomi Burchill, MPA
Vice President, Policy
California Hospital Association, Sacramento
BJ Bartleson, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Vice President Nursing & Clinical Services
California Hospital Association, Sacramento
Barbara Abeling
Safety and Reliability Clinical Advisor
California Hospital Patient Safety Organization, Sacramento
Megan Howard
Senior Policy Analyst
California Hospital Association, Washington
Lois Richardson, JD
Vice President & Legal Counsel
California Hospital Association, Sacramento
Julia K. Slininger, RN, BS, CPHQ
Vice President, Regional Quality Network, HQI
Hospital Quality Institute, Los Angeles
Barb Roth
Administrative Assistant
California Hospital Association, Sacramento