Chair
Pamela Allen, RN, MSN, CEN
Director, Emergency Department/Critical Care/Emergency Services
Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands
Chair
Rose Colangelo, RN, MSN, CEN
Patient Care Manager, Emergency Department
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla
Members
Annette Austin
ED Manager
Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego
Christopher Childress, BSN, RN, CEN
Director, Emergency Department Newport Beach
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach
Neal Cline, RN, JD, CFRN
Trauma Program Manager
Enloe Medical Center – Esplanade Campus, Chico
Connie Cunningham, RN, MSN
Executive Director
Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda
Joyce Eden
Director, Emergency Department
Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno
Melanie Gawlik, RN, MSN
Director of Trauma Service
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla
Fred Hawkins
Director of Emergency Services
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, Ridgecrest
Cheryl Heaney, RN, DNP
Director, Emergency Department
St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton
Marlena Montgomery, MBA, MSN, RN, CEN
Chief Nursing Officer
Sharp Memorial Hospital, Coronado
Rupy Sandhu
Emergency Department Nurse Director
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
Jacqueline Saucier, PhD, MBA, MSN
District Director of Clinical Operations Improvement, Palomar Health
Palomar Medical Center Poway, Poway
Karen Sharp, RN, MSN
Director, Emergency Services & Advanced Wound Healing Center
Saddleback Medical Center, Laguna Hills
Carla Spencer, MSN, RN, CCRN
Director, Emergency Services
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas
Claude Stang, RN, BSN, MA, CEN
Associate Director, Emergency Department
Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles
Jason Zepeda
Director, Performance Improvement
Hoag Hospital Irvine, Newport Beach
Advisory/Ex-Officio
Tricia Blocher
Deputy Director, Emergency Preparedness Office
California Department of Public Health, Sacramento
David Duncan, MD
Director
EMS Authority, Rancho Cordova
Ross Fay
Executive Director
California Association of Air Medical Services, Walnut Creek
John Montalbano
Section Chief, Emergency Preparedness Disaster Response
California Department of Public Health, Sacramento
Eric Morikawa
Chief, Field Operations Branch, Region II
California Department of Public Health, Sacramento
Chi Perlroth, MD, FACEP
Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department
California ACEP, Walnut Creek
James Pierson
Vice President/COO
Medic Ambulance Service, Vallejo
Carl Scheuerman, FACHE
Compliance Officer, Seismic Compliance Unit
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Susan A. Smith, RN
EMS Coordinator
County of San Diego, Emergency Medical Services, San Diego
Ron Smith, LVN/EMT1A
Disaster Response Coordinator, Terrorism Liaison Officer
California Department of Public Health, Sacramento
Lawrence D. Stock, MD, FACEP
Medical Director, Emergency Department
Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster
Heather Venezio, RN, MS, CEN, TCRN
Trauma Program Director
NorthBay Medical Center, Fairfield
Kristin Weivoda
EMS Administrator, Yolo County
EMS Authority, West Sacramento
Elizabeth Winward
State Trauma System Coordinator
EMS Authority, Rancho Cordova
Staff
BJ Bartleson, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Vice President Nursing & Clinical Services
California Hospital Association, Sacramento
Caryn Sumek
Vice President
Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties, San Diego
Keven Porter, BSN, MS
Regional Vice President, Inland Empire
Hospital Association of Southern California, Riverside
Barb Roth
Administrative Assistant
California Hospital Association, Sacramento