Partners 23^rd Annual Tribute Dinner

Johnese Spisso, RN, MPA

President, UCLA Health | CEO, UCLA Hospital System | Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences

Vision & Excellence in Healthcare Leadership Award

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Robert K. Ross, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer, The California Endowment

Lifetime Achievement Award

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Monday, June 12, 2023 | The Beverly Hilton Hotel | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Honoring Johnese Spisso, RN, MPA and Robert K. Ross, MD

Join us for Partners’ 23^rd Annual Tribute Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, June 12, 2023! The dinner pays tribute to our esteemed honorees Johnese Spisso, RN, MPA and Robert K. Ross, MD whose work is transforming healthcare. We are also commemorating our 25^th Silver Anniversary and it will be a time for celebrating twenty-five years of extraordinary and powerful service to our communities. Thank you for your support of Partners in Care Foundation. We look forward to seeing you there!

2023 Honorary Tribute Committee

Ron Brookmeyer, PhD
Dean & Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

David Feinberg, MD
President & CEO, Cerner Corporation

Rod Hanners
CEO, Keck Medicine of USC, President & CEO, USC Health System

Keith Hobbs, MBA, FACHE, CMPE
President, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

Yoshi Honkawa
Consultant, Cedars-Sinai

Sachin H. Jain, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer, SCAN Group And SCAN Health Plan

Barsam Kasravi, MD, MBA, MPH
President, Western Region Anthem Medicaid

Hyong (Ken) Kim, MD
CEO, Giatros Health

Chad T. Lefteris
CEO, UC Irvine Health

Robert Lundy, Jr., JD
Founding Partner, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC

Robert Margolis, MD
Former Managing Partner (Retired), Healthcare Partners

Paul Markovich, MA
President & CEO, Blue Shield of CA

John Mazziotta, MD
Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences and CEO, UCLA Health

Thomas Mone
CEO, OneLegacy

Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
Dean, College of Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science

Martha Santana Chin, MBA
Medi-Cal President, HealthNet

Miguel Santana
President & CEO, Weingart Foundation

Steven Shapiro, MD
Senior Vice President, Health Affairs, USC

Arthur M. Southam, MD
Executive Vice President Health Plan Operations and Chief Growth Officer, Kaiser Permanente

Julie Sprengel
Division President, CommonSpirit Health

Paul S. Viviano
President & CEO, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Erik G. Wexler
President, Operations & Strategy, South, Providence

2023 Tribute Dinner Committee

Chair

Jennifer Heenan
Partner, Spencer Stuart

Members

Sajid Ahmed             
CEO, WISE Healthcare 

Paul Craig, JD            
Healthcare Advocacy, Former Chief Administrative Officer, Keck Medicine of USC

Amanda Flaum
Vice President CA & HI Medicaid, Kaiser Permanente

Jennifer L. Kozakowski, MN, MPH   
Chief Mission Integration Officer – South Bay, Providence St. Joseph Health

Manoj K. Mathew, MD, SFHM
Former National Medical Director, Agilon Health

Jack Schlosser
Founder & Principal, Desert Vista Advisors

Shawn Sheffield
Chief Strategy Officer, Keck Medicine of USC

Gerald Sullivan         
Chairman, G.J. Sullivan Reinsurance

Paul S. Viviano
President & CEO, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles