This year’s award program gives special attention to the fires and mud flows that caused multiple injuries and fatalities and put our emergency response system under tremendous pressure. We have a special opportunity to hear from medical experts at Cottage Health, Sansum Clinic, Dignity Health, UC Santa Barbara, and Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care. Join us for a luncheon where our champions will share their takes on how to sustain a culture of innovation in health care.
Champions in Health Care
- Breakthrough Champion: Johnson Gill and Deanna Handel, Director/Manager – Whole Person Care Program, Ventura County Health Care Agency
- Champion in Trauma Care: Steven Fellows, Chief Operations Officer, Cottage Health
- Champion Specialists: Dr. Joseph Aragon and Dr. Michael Shenoda, Interventional Cardiologists, Sansum Clinic
- Champion in Medical Data: Dr. Erine Erickson, Chief Medical Information Officer, Dignity Health Central Coast
- Champion Researcher: Kevin Plaxco, The Plaxco Group, UC Santa Barbara
- Healthy Communities Champion: Namino Glantz, Project Manager, Mil Familias — A project of Sansum Diabetes
- Champion in International Care: Dante Pieramici, Ophthalmologist, California Retina Consultants/SEE International Volunteer
- Champion in Community Service: Easter Moorman, Director of Marketing, Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care