HPMAA | "Leaders of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow" Annual Dinner Program

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

PREMIER SPONSORS

BRUIN GOLD SPONSORS

Jean Balgrosky, Parker Hinshaw, and Family

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

COPPER SPONSORS

Frank Matricardi

LIST OF DONORS & STUDENT TICKETS SPONSORS

Andrew Do

Anthony Schiff, JD, MPH

Avram Kaplan

Christine Yang

Dionne Miller

Gustavo Valdespino

Henna Zaidi

Jennifer Heenan

Jonathan Freedman

Kristyn Sanders

List of sponsors as of April 27, 2023

Dr. Laura Erskine

Michael Galper

Nahal Sabrkhani

Rebecka Levan

Ruth Arevalo

Valley Presbyterian Hospital

Program

PRESIDENT’S REMARKS

Nahal Sabrkhani, MPH

HPMAA Board President

WELCOME BY EMCEES

Nahal Sabrkhani, MPH

HPMAA Board President

Paul Viviano, MPP

HPMAA Board Past-President

PAUL TORRENS TRIBUTE

DEAN’S REMARKS

Ron Brookmeyer, PhD

Dean and Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics

CHAIR’S REMARKS

Dr. Ninez Ponce, PhD, MPP

Chair, UCLA FSPH Department of Health Policy and Management

DINNER SERVICE

PRESENTATION OF STUDENT AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Julie Elginer, DrPH, MBA

Director, EMPH Program

Laura Erskine, PhD, MBA, Director MHA Program

PRESENTATION OF IRA ALPERT SERVICE AWARD

Honoree: Jean Balgrosky, PhD, MPH, RHIA Chief Information Officer & Board Member, MD Revolution

Presented by Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, MA, MBA

PRESENTATION OF LEADER OF TODAY AWARD

Honoree: Erik G. Wexler

President & Chief Operating Officer, Providence Health & Services

Presented by Tom Gordon

CLOSING REMARKS

Jennifer Heenan, MPH

HPMAA Board President-Elect

Leader of Today Award Recipient

Erik G. Wexler

President & Chief Operating Officer, Providence Health

& Services

Erik G. Wexler is president and chief operating officer for Providence, leading the Catholic notfor-profit health system’s operations across seven western states.

Mr. Wexler originally came to Providence in May 2016 as regional chief executive for Southern California and worked closely with Providence leadership as it joined with St. Joseph Health to form a new, combined family of organizations. He then served as President of Operations & Strategy for Providence, leading the southern footprint in California, Texas and New Mexico.

In his current role, he is responsible for the operational oversight and strategy for Providence, including 52 hospitals, more than 900 clinics and 120,000 caregivers in Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington state. Mr. Wexler is involved in the overall strategic direction and execution of care transformation, while overseeing a large portfolio of services and partnerships.

Formerly the chief executive officer for Tenet Healthcare’s Northeast Region, Mr. Wexler was drawn to Providence primarily because of its mission to serve all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable. Mr. Wexler spent five years with Tenet, most recently overseeing operations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois. He also worked for Vanguard Health Systems, and prior to that was senior vice president of LifeBridge Health System in Baltimore.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology and master’s in business administration from the University of Hartford in Connecticut and holds an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Mr. Wexler sits on the boards of the California Hospital Association, CHAPAC, and the Racial Justice Roundtable in Orange County, Calif. He is also a member of the American Hospital Association’s Regional Policy Board 9.

Ira Alpert Service Award Recipient

Jean Balgrosky,PhD, MPH, RHIA

Chief Information Officer & Board Member MD Revolution

Dr. Balgrosky’s career in health information systems and technology leadership and entrepreneurship spans 30 years as a chief information officer (CIO) in healthcare at Scripps Health in San Diego, Holy Cross Health System (Trinity Health System), and now MD Revolution. In addition, she is Founder of Bootstrap Venture Partners, investing in and nurturing innovative digital health information technology startup companies. As CIO and Member of the Board of Directors at MD Revolution and several other digital health and life science early-stage companies, she provides leadership and strategy as well as investment funds, developing innovations in health care and life science. A force for change, she was recently selected as one of Top 25 Women Leaders in Consumer HealthTech by The Healthcare Technology Report. Dr. Balgrosky teaches Health Information Systems and Technology at the UCLA FSPH Health Policy & Management Department and is an active member of UCLA FSPH’s Board of Advisors.

Dr. Balgrosky thrives academically by teaching the next generation of healthcare leaders, managers, and policymakers, and by writing textbooks about health information systems and technology. As career CIO, investor, and innovator, she is creating new ways to use information systems and technology to improve health. As mentor, she helps early-stage

entrepreneurs in development of digital health solutions to meet emerging requirements in digital health and analytics, including AI. She is author of two textbooks: Essentials of Health Information Systems and Technology and Understanding Health Information Systems-for the Health Professions.

Dr. Balgrosky earned her PhD at UCLA FSPH in Health Services, her Cognate in Health Information Systems and Technology, where she also completed her MPH in Management-Health Information Systems, and graduated Magna Cum Laude for her Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health-Health Services with a specialization in Medical Records Science. Her PhD dissertation research, “Adoption of Electronic Health Records by Physicians for Use in their Practices,” analyzed differences between small and medium/ large provider practices in their adoption of electronic health record systems.

She currently resides in Del Mar, CA with her husband, Parker Hinshaw, who together enjoy seven children and nine grandchildren. They sponsor the Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw Fellowship with the vision of supporting the education of two Fielding School students each year and are especially motivated to provide support to students who, despite hardships, are pursuing their degrees in public health.

Previous Honorees

LEADERS OF TODAY

John Baackes

James D. Barber, MPH

Kim Belshe, MPP

Bruce G. Bodaken, M Phil

Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN

Diana M. Bontá, DrPH, RN

Robert Brook, MD, ScD

David Carlisle, MD, PhD

Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH

Benjamin K. Chu, MD, MPH, MACP

Molly Coye, MD, MPH

C. Duane Dauner, MA

Amar Desai, MD, MPH

Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, MA, MBA

Elizabeth Benson Forer, MSW, MPH

James E. Haden, MPH

Terry D. Hartshorn

W. Mark Jasper, MPH

Howard A. Kahn, MPA

Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH

David M. Lawrence, MD, MPH

Peter Lee, JD

James C. Lester, MBA

Alfred E. Mann, MD

Walter W. Noce, Jr., MPH

Thomas M. Priselac, MPH

Ralph R. Salimpour, MD, DCH, FAAP

Leonard D. Schaeffer

Jack R. Schlosser, MPH

Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA

Arthur M. Southam, MD, MPH, MBA

Paul R. Torrens, MD, MPH

Paul S. Viviano

Carl I. Weissburg, JD

IRA ALPERT SERVICE AWARD

Ira Alpert, MSPH

Bob Blair, MPH

Julie Croner, MPH

Mike Galper, MPH

Ray Goodman, MD, MPH

Tom Gordon

Diana Hilberman, DrPH, MSPH, MSP

Avram Kaplan, MPH

Lara Khouri, MBA, MPH

Jennifer Kozakowski, MSN, MPH

David Krasnow, OD, MPH, MBA

Ozzie Martinez, MPH

Frank Matricardi, DrPH, MPH

Allen Miller, MPH

Lori Richardson Pelliccioni, PhD, JD, MPH

Jack R. Schlosser, MPH

Richard Sinaiko, MPH

Caitlin Beck Stella, MPH

Paul R. Torrens, MD, MPH

2023 HPM Department Awards

DELTA OMEGA HONORARY SOCIETY IN PUBLIC HEALTH, IOTA CHAPTER

Membership in Delta Omega reflects the dedication of an individual to increasing the quality of the field, as well as to the protection and advancement of the health of all people.

MHA: Nicole Holmes, Jamie Pham, Jessica Salcedo

MPH: Armaan Ahmed, Susan Ahmed, Heaven Miranda Humphreys, Juliana Elisa Kotz, Tanya Saucedo, Nadav Eli Senensieb

EMPH: Chin Wen Lin, Pamela Lowney, Amy Truong, Batstone Raja

PhD: Katherine Chen, Carlos Oronce

Faculty: Dr. Julie Elginer

UPSILON PHI DELTA NATIONAL HONORARY SOCIETY

Membership in Upsilon Phi Delta National Honorary Society for students in healthcare administration in the United States, demonstrates academic excellence.

MHA: Mary Ann Dizon, Maria Estrada, Raquel

Laxamana, Stephanie Morillo, Monique Trinh

MPH: Karina Alexis Barajas, Kayleigh Sierra Coughlin, Selendi Gonzalez Gonza Hernandez, Melissa Kei Onouye, Andrea Rodas

EMPH: Rex Hamano, Melanie Huynh, Anjum Khan, Lance Hall, Amanda Haney

ANN G. QUEALY MEMORIAL AWARD

The Ann G. Quealy Memorial Award celebrates positive student contributions to the culture of the HPM Department.

MHA: Bryan Ceron

MPH: Armaan Ahmed

EMPH: Emily Solorzano

LEE THOMASSEN HEALTHCARE FINANCE FELLOWSHIP

EMPH: Pamela Lowney

LEVIN-GORDON

EXECUTIVE MPH SCHOLARSHIP

EMPH: Amy Truong

EMPH SINAIKO BUSINESS PLAN AWARD & HPM BEST CONSULTING REPORT

To be announced at the HPMAA Annual Dinner

CASE COMPETITION TEAM PARTICIPANTS

Cleveland Clinic Case Competition

Team: Mohammad Khorgamphar, Varsha Nair, Rigoberto Perez Hernandez, Zihan Zhou

Cornell University Sloan Program in Health

Administration Case Competition

First Place Winners: Vishakha Hariawala, Lori Petrini, Cameron Salehi

ACHE California College Bowl

Team: Karina Barajas, Selendi Gonzalez Hernandez, Genesis Munguia Rodriguez, Rubi Nunez

2023 Graduating HPM Students

MPH

Arman Ahmed

Susan Ahmed

Karina Barajas

Robert Borah

Kristen Bormann

Danielle Burke

Rosemarie Byrd

Yulissa Cabrera

Breanna Cevallos

Grant Cho

Katherine Cotangco

Kayleigh Coughlin

Courtney Decan

Jordan Edwards

Melieka Fathi

Alina Garcia

Aileen Guzman

Selendi Gonzalez Hernandez

Anastasio Hinaris

Eli Holland

Heaven Humphreys

Dheeraj Jalluri

Jasmine Kazempoor

Mariam Khan

Erica Kiemele

Juliana Kotz

Cassandra Coleman Lautredou

Michelle Liao

Janae McFadden

Genesis Munguia Rodriguez

Marcos Munoz

Valerie Nguyen

Melissa Kei Onouye

Vincent Pancucci

Guadalupe Perez

Rigoberto Perez Hernandez

James Phelan

Shirin Poustchi

Karla Prodigue

Andrea Rodas

Miguel Rodriguez

Tanya Saucedo

Nadav Senensieb

Thomas Sills

Samira Singleton

Katherine Stricker

MHA

Ani Alvadzhyan

Bryan Ceron Gonzalez

Jillian Chopra

Mary Anne Dizon

Christina Durant

Maria Estrada

Nicole Holmes

Dustin Hudak

Racquel Laxamana

(Thomas) Brent Mabrey

Stephanie Morillo

Kayla Nagel

Jamie Pham

Jessica Salcedo

Tania Sayani

Christopher Sherwood

Monique Trinh

EMPH

Vanessa Aguilera

Fadumo Ali

Elizabeth Barrera

Marcia Fajardo-Skinner

Lance Hall

Rex Hamano

Amanda Haney

Melanie Huynh

Anjum Khan

Chin Wen Lin

Pamela Lowney

Benjamin Olmedo

Zohra Pervez

Batstone Raja

Emily Solorzano

Kurian Thomas

Amy Truong

MS

Geoffrey Gusoff

Kaitlin Maureen Hall

Harriet Hussey Huston-Paterson

Elizabeth Lawrence Ranson

Jake Toy

2023 Graduating HPM Students Continued

PHD

Katherine Laura Chen

Lucia Felix Beltran

Bo Kang

Carlos Irwin Agustin Oronce

Helen Elizabeth Ovsepyan

Adam Resnick

Taylor Brianna Rogers

Sophie Snyder

Brayan Viegas Seixas

HPMAA Board of Directors & Awards Committee

2022-2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Nahal Sabrkhani, MPH ‘16

President-Elect: Jennifer Heenan, MPH ‘00

Treasurer: Andrew Do, MPH ‘16

Secretary: Becky Levan, MPH ‘94

Past-President: Paul Viviano, MPP ‘76

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE

Jessica Alvarez, MPH ‘20

Ruth Arevalo, MPH ‘88

Laura Barrera, MPH ‘10

Chandra Broadwater ‘14

George Buckley, MBA, MPH ‘16

Becky Levan, MPH ‘94

Brianna Lotze, MPH ‘20

Ozzie Martinez, MPH ‘03

Frank Matricardi, MPH ‘72, DrPH ‘82

Dionne Miller, MS ‘09

Alicia Popoff, MPH ‘17

Kristyn Sanders, MPH ‘11

Wendy Schiffer, MS ‘89

Larry Sharfstein, MPH ‘86

Annie Chen Treadway, MPH ‘15

Henna Zaidi, MPH, MPP ‘12

2023 AWARDS COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Brianna Lotze, MPH ‘20

Jessica Alvarez, MPH ‘20

FACULTY ADVISOR

Michael Galper, MPH ‘94

2023 LEADERS OF TODAY, LEADERS OF TOMORROW TRIBUTES

The HPMAA Board of Directors and Awards Committee would like to thank all the generous supporters for providing tributes on the following pages. We appreciate your continued support.

We honor the life and legacy of a renowned health care leader and mentor: Paul Torrens, MD, MPH and

Congratulate: The Leader of Today Honoree: Erik G. Wexler, President & COO Providence

Ira Alpert Service Awardee: Jean Balgrosky, PHD, RHIA, CIO and Board Member MD Revolution

The Leaders of Tomorrow: The Graduating Class of 2023

www.preferredipa.com

honor the memory of Dr. Paul Torrens, former Partners’ Board member and Lifetime Achievement honoree for his outstanding leadership, mentorship, and friendship.

Erik G. Wexler President and Chief Operating Officer of Providence and Jean Balgrosky Chief Information Officer & Board Member MD

HPMAA Appreciates Your Continued Support

MISSION

Our mission is to support HPMAA alumni and students. The purposes for which this Association is formed are:

• To support the students, faculty, and Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health and the University of California, Los Angeles through financial support, mentoring relationships, events, and other means both individually and collectively; and

• To support and advance the alumni network, including fostering communication and relationships among alumni and providing opportunities for alumni to engage and network with the Association and each other; and

• To conduct fundraising activities to provide financial support for the program, the students, and the alumni network.

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$100 – Sponsor a Networking Coffee Break for 15 Students

$250 – Sponsor a Networking Dinner for 10 Students With An Industry Expert

$500 – Registration Fee for a Case Study Competition

$1,000 – Sponsor a Student to Attend A Case Study Competition

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