

Cástulo de la Rocha
President and CEO, AltaMed Health Services Corporation
Vision and Excellence in Healthcare Leadership Award

Thomas M. Priselac
President and CEO Emeritus, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Health System
Lifetime Achievement Award
Tribute Dinner Event Recording
Part 1 Video – Before Dinner – Cástulo de la Rocha‘s Award
Part 2 Video – After Dinner – Thomas M. Priselac’s Award
2025 Tribute Dinner E-Book
2025 Tribute Dinner Photo Album
Thank you for attending the 2025 Vision & Excellence in Healthcare Leadership Tribute Dinner to recognize the impactful work of Cástulo de la Rocha and Thomas M. Priselac.
To view and download photos, check out our 2025 Tribute Dinner Google Photo Album
Thank you to our sponsors
Premier Event Sponsors
Diamond Sponsors
Ruby Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Fabian Nunez
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Cathi Cunningham &
Marta Fernandez &
Richard & Nancy Flores
Frances Hanckel
KeyGroup
Jack & Carissa Schlosser
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan is an independent licensee of the Blue Shield Association.
*This list is ongoing and will be updated regularly leading up to the event. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact us with any updates and questions.
Committees
Honorary Tribute Co-Chairs
Martha Santana-Chin
CEO, L.A. Care Health Plan
Thomas D. Gordon
Chairman of the Board, DSL Construction Corporation
Retired Executive Vice-President, Cedars-Sinai Medical Network
Richard B. Jacobs
Immediate Past Executive Vice President, Health System Development, Cedars-Sinai
Honorary Tribute Committee
José Avalos, MD
Chair, Board of Directors, AltaMed Health Services
Ron Brookmeyer, PhD
Dean & Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Carmela Coyle
President & CEO, California Hospital Association
Bryan Croft
Executive Vice President, Hospital Operations, and Chief Operating Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
David Feinberg, MD
Chairman, Oracle Health
George Greene, Esq.
President & CEO, Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC)
Atul Grover, MD, PhD, FACP, FCCP
Executive Director, AAMC Research and Action Institute; Clinical Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Rod B. Hanners
CEO, Keck Medicine of USC
Keith Hobbs, MBA
President & CEO, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Sachin Jain, MD, MBA
CEO, SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan
Bernie Klein, M.D., M.B.A.
Chief Executive, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Robert Margolis, MD
Former Managing Partner (Retired), Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, Healthcare Partners
Jill Martin
Executive Vice President, Cedars Sinai Medical Network
Dr. Shlomo Melmed
Executive Vice President, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Dean of the Medical Faculty Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Thomas Mone
CEO-Retired, OneLegacy
Lori J. Morgan, MD, MBA
President & CEO, Huntington Health
George L. Pla
Founder, President and CEO of Cordoba Corporation
Rick Pollack
President & CEO, American Hospital Association
Jack Schlosser
Founder & Principal, Desert Vista Advisors
Steven D. Shapiro, MD
Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, USC Health
Peter Slavin, MD
President & CEO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Health System
Arthur M. Southam, MD
Easterseals Southern California, Board of Directors
Johnese Spisso, MPA
President, UCLA Health & CEO, UCLA Hospital System & Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences
Julie J. Sprengel
President & CEO, CommonSpirit Health California Region
Gustavo Valdespino
President & CEO, Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Paul S. Viviano
Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Erik G. Wexler
President & CEO, Providence
David Wrigley
Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Thomas F. Zenty III
Retired CEO University Hospitals, Cleveland
Tribute Dinner Committee Chair
Jennifer Heenan
Partner, Spencer Stuart
Tribute Dinner Committee Members
Sajid Ahmed
CEO, WISE Healthcare
Amir Desai
Executive Vice President, CIO & Operations, Molina Healthcare
Amanda Flaum
Vice President CA & HI Medicaid, Kaiser Permanente
Duke Helfand
Executive Director, Communications & Chief Communications Officer, Cedars-Sinai
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
Beth McDonnell
Vice President Marketing & Communications & Chief Marketing Officer, Cedars-Sinai
Sharlene Risdon-Jackson
Vice President, Foundation Development, AltaMed
Christina Sanchez
Vice President, Public Affairs, AltaMed
Jack Schlosser
Founder & Principal, Desert Vista Advisors
Shawn Sheffield
Chief Strategy Officer, Keck Medicine of USC
Matthew Siegler
Senior Vice President, NYC Health+Hospitals, CEO, HHC Accountable Care Organization
Gerald Sullivan
Chairman, G.J. Sullivan Reinsurance
Paul S. Viviano
President & CEO, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles