2025 Board of Directors

Andrew James
President - Executive and Nominating Committee

Christianna Kearns, MBA, FACHE

Chief Operating Officer | Kaiser Permanente

Immediate Past President - Executive and Nominating Committee

Nikhil Singal, MHA, FACHE

Incoming ACHE Regent for Northern and Central California

Vice President of Operations | Sierra Health and Wellness

 

President Elect - Executive and Nominating Committee

Corina B. Clark, MPA, FACHE

Chief Operating Officer | Gardner Health Services

Secretary - Executive and Nominating Committee

Jeremy Hough, MBA, FACHE

Director – Ancillary and Safety Services | John Muir Health

Abraham Cicchetti
Treasurer, Finance Chair - Executive and Nominating Committee

Abraham Cicchetti, MSHA, CHEP

Chief Operating Officer | Health Career Connections

 

Vice President, Programming - Executive and Nominating Committee

Navpreet (Navi) Atwal, MHA

Manager, Integration | Sutter Health

Phil Chuang
ACHE Regent - Northern & Central California Chair, Regent's Advisory Council (RAC)

Philip Chuang, PhD, FACHE

Senior Vice President, Healthcare Services | HumanGood

 

Bonnie Panlasigui
ACHE Regent at Large (District 5)

Amanda Chawla, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CMRP

Senior Vice President – Chief Supply Chain Officer | Stanford Medicine

 

Chair - Member Advancement

Kevin Clougherty, MHA, FACHE

Director of Operations | NorthBay Health

Mateika Martin
Chair - Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI)

Mateika Martin, EMT, MHA

Manager– Threat | Emergency Management, John Muir Health

 

Co-Chair - Membership and Volunteer Growth Committee

Shasta Addessi

Senior Vice President / Area Manager – San Mateo | Kaiser Permanente

Laura Palmer
Co-Chair - Membership and Volunteer Growth Committee

Laura Palmer, DHA, CMT

Program Development Employee Care, Supervisor IMPC IHH Primary Care | Sutter Health

Thu Nguyen
Chair - Sponsorship Committee

Fawn Hutton, DHA(c), MBA, FACHE, FACMPE

sponsorship@ache-cahl.org

Liz DeForest
Chair - Communications Committee

Liz DeForest

Principal, Business of Health Communications

communications@ache-cahl.org

Kenny Pawlek
Chair - Senior Executive Engagement

Kenny Pawlek, MBA, FACHE

Administrator, Shriner’s Children’s Northern California

Chair - Clinical Leadership Committee

Delmar Smith, MBA, PA-C

Physician Assistant | Dignity Health

Chair - Mentorship Committee

Stacey Aggabao

Associate Chief Administrative Officer, The Permanente Medical Group | Kaiser Permanente
Tiffany Johnson
Chair - Career Development & Transition Committee

Amber Campbell, DBA, MBA, FACHE

CEO, Ambulatory Market | Sutter Health

Yamini Dwarakanath
Co-Chair - Higher Education Network

Yamini Dwarakanath, MHA

Research Development Specialist | Stanford Cardiovascular Institute

 

Mohit Gulati
Co-Chair - Higher Education Network / Chair, 2025 College Bowl

Bryan Rivera, MBA, RN, FACHE

Director of Neuroscience & Oncology | Sutter Health

Abraham Cicchetti
Co-Chair - Coastal LPC

Antonette Shockey

Operations Executive and Site Administrator, Mission Bernal Campus | Sutter Health

 

Shaunna Taylor
Co-Chair - Coastal LPC

Dureshehwar Swiger

Interim VP/Executive Integrated Rehabilitation Services LHH & ZSFG and Administrator Health at Home | San Francisco Department of Public Health

Abraham Cicchetti
Co-Chair - Greater East Bay LPC

Leslie Cerpa-Weinberg, MHSA, CPXP

Area Experience Leader | Kaiser Permanente

 

Shaunna Taylor
Co-Chair - Greater East Bay LPC

Prital Patel

Senior Administrator | Sutter Health

Shaunna Taylor
Co-Chair - CA Valley LPC

McKenna Zoucha, MBA

Senior Consultant | Kaiser Permanente

Shaunna Taylor
Co-Chair - CA Valley LPC

Aphriekah DuHaney-West, FACHE

Senior Vice President / Area Manager – Central Valley Area | Kaiser Permanente

CAHL Chapter Administrator

Tamara Dilbeck, M. Ed

achecahl@gmail.com