2026 Regent’s Advisory Council
Chair, Regent's Advisory Council, ACHE Regent, Northern and Central California
Nikhil Singal, MHA, FACHE
Chair, Regent’s Advisory Council, ACHE Regent,
Northern and Central California
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Abraham Cicchetti, MSHA, PPMC, CHEP
Chief Operating Officer,
Health Career Connection
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Sheila Baxter, MPH
IT Business Operations and Strategic Support Leader,
Kaiser Permanente
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Bryan J. Bucklew, FACHE
President & CEO
Hospital Council – Northern & Central California
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Kelly Flannery, MHA, FACHE
Former Chief Planning Officer,
US Department of Veterans Affairs, Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21) – Retired
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Sachin Gangupantula, MBA, FACHE, MS
Cofounder & Head of Practice Operations
Valley Diabetes & Obesity
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Kiren Rizvi Jafry
Vice President, Operations Integration
Sutter Health
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Bryanna Gallaway MPA-HSA, CPXP
System Senior Director, Experience of Care
Sutter Health
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Steven Foster, MBA, MHA, FACHE
President
Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Kenny Pawlek, FACHE
Administrator
Shriner’s Children’s Northern California
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Joleen Lonigan, DNP, RN, NE-BC, FACHE
Patient Care Services, VP
Associate Chief Nursing Executive
UC Davis Health System
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Siri T. Nelson, FACHE
President and CEO
Marshall Medical Center
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Tracey Lewis Taylor, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
El Camino Health
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Clair Kuriakose, MBA, PA-C, FACHE
VP-Chief Advanced Practice Officer
Stanford Health Care
Member, Regent’s Advisory Council
Dr. Nicole Barnett
President and Chief Executive Officer
Planned Parenthood Northern California