2020 CAHL Annual Award Winners
Congratulations to all the 2020 honorees, beacons of inspiration as they continue to invest in themselves, their peers, their communities, and the profession!
Regent’s Awards
Early Careerist Healthcare Executive Award
Sachin Gangupantula MBA, MS
Early Careerist Healthcare Executive Award
Vaughn Williams
Senior Careerist Healthcare Executive Award
Sylvia Lozano, FACHE
Member, 2020 Regent’s Advisory Council
Kelly B. Flannery, FACHE
Chief Planning Officer
Senior Careerist Healthcare Executive Award
Philip D. Chuang, PhD, FACHE
President’s Awards
President's & Regent's Recognition Award
Navpreet Atwal
Kaiser Permanente
HEN Scholarship Award
Member, 2020 Regent’s Advisory Council
Thu Nguyen
Kaiser Permanente
Exemplary Service Award
Member, 2020 Regent’s Advisory Council
Michael A. O’ Connell, FACHE
Stanford Health Care
Distinguished Service Awards
Richard Buchler, FACHE
Genstate Management Consulting
Service Awards
David S. Akinsanya
Alameda Health System
Kimberly Bleichner-Jones, FACHE
UC Davis Health
Luis Fonseca, FACHE
Alameda Health System
Darielle Ehrheart MBA, FACHE
Stanford Children’s Health
Mark V. Knight
Knight Consulting Group
Jason C. Lee
ECG Management Consultants
Jeff Logan, MPH, CPHQ, FACHE
Community Medical Centers
Jillian R. Springer
Permanente Medical Group
Dev D. Mahadevan
Eden Township Healthcare District (Retd)
Melanie Toutai
DaVita Kidney Care
Ishwari Venkataraman, FACHE
Alameda Health System
Kenneth M. West, II, FACHE
Regional Medical Center of San Jose – HCA
David Overton RN, CCM, FACHE
Stanford University Healthcare Alliance
Robert M. Hutchinson, LFACHE
Mee Memorial Hospital
Edward G. Schroeder, LFACHE
Dignity Health (Retd)
Volunteer of the Year Awards
Fayola Edwards-Ojeba, MD
RechargedMD
Aemal Aminy, MHA
Alameda Health System
Bezawit Admassu
Maxim Healthcare Services