CEO, CALOPTIMA
WHY: Oversees $3.7B budget to provide publicly funded healthcare coverage for more than 880,000 low-income children, adults, seniors and people with disabilities in Orange County.
Previously chairman of the board for the Hospital Association of Southern California and former CEO of Providence Health & Services Southern California region.
IN THE NEWS: Named to position in March.
QUOTABLE: “I am amazed, grateful and frankly proud of what Orange County has accomplished compared with other nearby counties in a relatively short period of time. Rather than rely on a state or federally directed vaccine appointment effort, Orange County officials created their own vaccination deployment model to speed efforts.”
