Our leadership team is committed to advancing the future of healthcare. With backgrounds in multiple areas of expertise, they work to ensure the highest standards of patient care in a compassionate and collaborative environment.

Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH — President and Chief Executive Officer

Anthony Hilliard, MD, FACC  — Chief Executive Officer for LLUH Hospitals and LLUH Executive Vice President for Hospital Affairs

Angela Lalas, MBA, CPA — Chief Financial Officer for LLUH Hospitals and LLUH Executive Vice President for Finance

Tamara Thomas, MD — Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs

Lyndon Edwards, MBA, MHS — Chief Operating Officer for LLUH Hospitals and LLUH Senior Vice President for Health Facilities

Peter Baker, JD, MBA — Senior Vice President for Children’s Hospital

Ricardo Peverini, MD — Senior Vice President for Clinical Faculty

Jonathan Jean-Marie, MHA — Senior Vice President for LLU Medical Center – Murrieta

Robert Martin, MD  —  LLUH Senior Vice President, Clinical Faculty Finance and CFO of LLU Faculty Medical Group

Daryl “Rusty” Oft, MBA — Senior Vice President for Business Development

Alan Soderblom, MBA — LLUH Senior Vice President for Finance, Hospital Operations

Helen Staples-Evans, DNP, MS — Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services for Loma Linda University Health, Chief Nursing Officer, Loma Linda University Medical Center

Laren Tan, MD — LLUH Senior Vice President, Clinical Faculty Operations and COO of LLU Faculty Medical Group

Darryl VandenBosch, CPA — Senior Vice President for East Campus and Surgical Hospital

Edward Field, MBA — Vice President for Behavioral Medicine Center

Stella Kim  — LLUH Vice President for Finance, Clinical Faculty

Sara Matus, JD, MBA — Vice President, LLU Medical Center Operations

Eric Schilt, MBA — Vice President for Campus Development

Barbara Sharp  — LLUH Vice President for Clinical Faculty Administration

Mark Zirkelbach, MS — Chief Information Officer for LLU Medical Center

Tonya Okon-Johnson, JD, FACHE — Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer

Richard Chinnock, MD — Chief Medical Officer for Children’s Hospital

Adrian Cotton, MD — Chief of Medical Operations

Sherry Nolfe, DNP, MS — Chief Nursing Officer for Children’s Hospital

Denise Robinson, DNP, MPH, WOCN, FCNLA — Chief Nursing Officer for LLU Medical Center – Murrieta

Ihab Dorotta, MD — Chief of Quality & Patient Safety / Chief of Clinical Operations


Administrative Leadership

Rachelle Bussell, MA — Senior Vice President for Advancement

Mark Hubbard — Senior Vice President for Risk Management and Human Resource Management

Raul Castillo, MBA — Vice President for Risk Management

Daniel Giang, MD — Vice President for Graduate Medical Education

Denton Gruzensky, MBA — LLUH Vice President for Human Resource Management

Kevin Lang, MBA — Vice President for Payor Contracting

Travis Losey, MD — Vice President for Research Affairs

Llewellyn Mowery, MS, CPA — Vice President for Finance

Emily Ndlela, MBA, CPA — Vice President for Finance, FP&A and LLUSS

Mark Reeves, MD, PhD — Vice President for Institutes

Randall Roberts, DMin — Vice President for Spiritual Life and Mission

Lucas Secor, MBA, CPA  — Vice President for Revenue Cycle

Shandra Secor, MBA — Vice President for Government Relations

Myrna Hanna, MA — Corporate Secretary

Orlando Huggins — Assistant Secretary

Whitney Henderson, MBA — Assistant Secretary


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