NATE SHINAGAWA
SVP/COO
UCI HEALTH
WHY: Oversees the only academic health system in OC with 12.2K employees and $2.2B in net revenue. Joined organization in 2022 after serving as the COO at Banner Health.
IN THE NEWS: Was present when UCI Health received a commemorative key to the new 144-bed, all-electric acute care hospital opening in December.
NOTABLE: Prior career as county legislator and congressional nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York. Award presenter during the Business Journal’s 2023 Innovator of the Year Awards event.
QUOTABLE: “It’s awe inspiring to see how far we have come. From a building to a hospital.”
