Committee Members

2020

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Chair

Cheryl Harless, MBA, BSN, RN
Chief Nursing Officer, Northern California Group
Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Modesto

Chair

Anna Kiger, RN, DNP, DSc, MBA, NEA-BC
System Chief Nurse Officer
Sutter Health, Sacramento

Members

Margarita Baggett, RN, MSN
Chief Clinical Officer
UC San Diego Health – Hillcrest Medical Center, San Diego

Gloria Bancarz, RN, MSN
System Chief Quality Officer
Adventist Health, Roseville

Dale Beatty
Chief Nursing Officer/Vice President, Patient Care Services
Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto

Nancy Blake, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, NHDP-BC, FAAN
Chief Nursing Officer
Harbor – UCLA Medical Center, Torrance

Jennifer R. Castaldo, RN, MSHA, BSN, NEA-BC
Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia

Tim L. Clark, RN, BSN, MBA
Regional Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer
Physicians for Healthy Hospitals, Hemet

Connie Clemmons-Brown
System SVP, Patient Care Services – Professional Practice
Dignity Health – Greater Sacramento, San Francisco

Herb Geary, RN
Vice President, Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara

Annette Greenwood, BSN, MHA, RNC
Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside

Karen Grimley, RN, PhD, MBA, FACHE, NEA-BC
Chief Nurse Executive, Assistant Dean UCLA School of Nursing
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

Beverly Hayden-Pugh, CNO
Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Transformation Officer
Valley Children’s Healthcare, Madera

Linda Knodel, MHA, MSN, NE-BC, CPHQ, FACHE, FAAN
Chief Nurse Executive/Senior Vice President, National Patient Care Services
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland

Jacalyn A. Liebowitz, RN, DNP, MBA, FACHE, NEA-BC, CPHQ
System Chief Nursing Officer
Adventist Health, Roseville

Michelle Lopes, RN, MSN, NEA-BC
System Chief Nursing Executive
John Muir Medical Center – Walnut Creek Campus, Walnut Creek

Toby Marsh, RN, MSA, MSN, FACHE, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing/Patient Care Services Officer
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento

David Marshall, JD, DNP, CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Executive
Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles

Theresa Murphy, RN, MS, CENP
Chief Nursing Officer
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale

Terry Pena, RN, MS-HCA, BSN
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer
San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital, Lake Arrowhead

Connie Rowe, RN, MHA, FACHE, CPHQ
CNO/Vice President, Patient Care Services
Enloe Medical Center – Esplanade Campus, Chico

Katie Skelton, RN, MBA, NEA-BC
VP Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer
St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, Orange

Lauren Spilsbury, RN, MSN
CNO/Vice President, Patient Care Services
Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands

Sylvain Trepanier, RN, DNP, CENP, FAAN
Chief Clinical Executive
Providence St. Joseph Health Southern California, Irvine

Pam Wells, RN, MSN, MSA, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President, Patient Care Services
Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego

Advisory/Ex-Officio

Stephen J. Cavanagh, PhD, MPA, RN, FACHE, FAAN
Dean
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, UC Davis, Sacramento

Garrett Chan, PhD, RN, APRN, FAEN, FPCN, FNAP, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer
HealthImpact, Oakland

Pilar De La Cruz-Reyes, RN, MSN
Vice President
Health Education Alliance, Sanger

Anita Girard, RN, DNP, CNL, CPHQ, NEA-BC
President
American Nurses Association/California, Sacramento

Marketa Houskova, RN, MAIA, BA
Executive Director
American Nurses Association/California, Sacramento

Donna Kistler
Interim Nursing Consultant
Association of California Nurse Leaders, Sacramento

Anitra Williams, RN
Nurse Educator
Association of California Nurse Leaders, Stockton

Staff

BJ Bartleson, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Vice President Nursing & Clinical Services
California Hospital Association, Sacramento

Gail Blanchard-Saiger
Vice President, Labor and Employment
California Hospital Association, Sacramento

Teri Hollingsworth
Vice President, Human Resource and Education Services
Hospital Association of Southern California, Los Angeles

Caryn Sumek
Vice President
Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties, San Diego

Barb Roth
Administrative Assistant
California Hospital Association, Sacramento