Inside The Valley - 6 May 2025
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ABOUT THE COVER
PHOTOS
ALICE ISSAI
FIVE THINGS
MY BIGGEST MISTAKE
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
NONPROFITS & BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
PROFESSIONAL & ADVISORY SERVICES
GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION
FINANCE & INSURANCE
HEALTH CARE
INDEX
VALLEY COMMERCIAL REAL AWARD 2025
ISSAI EXTENDS HER REACH
Enhancing Community Health and Engagement in the Greater San Fernando Valley
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
VINCE CANINO
AJ ABDALLAT
ASHOT ARZUMANYAN
ARMINE GALSTYAN
ERAN GRONER
HONG Q. HOU
JACOB HAIK
KATHRYN KAILING FREDERICK
MOLLY HIGGINS
HOWARD LEWIN
BRIAN KIRKDOFFER
DONNA LANGLEY
BOB IGER
JUSTIS KAO
VAHE KUZOYAN
ISAAC LARIAN
EDDIE LUND
MARK LOUCHHEIM
SEYED SAJJADI
DAVID OVERTON
ROBERT MEHRABIAN
ARA MAHDESSIAN
JOSEPH RUSSELL JR.
BONNIE ROSEN
RAUL PORTO JR.
ERIC SMIDT
JEFF STIBEL
DAVE SANTRELLA
DARNELL TYLER
ADEL VILLALOBOS
THERESE TUCKER
DAVID ZASLAV
VINCE ZAMPELLA
MIKE WHITMIRE
GINA WOULLARD
DAVID YEOM
DANA WALDEN
FINANCE & INSURANCE
PAULA BAHAMON
RAUL ANAYA
ROBERTO BARRAGÁN
PATRICK BOWEN
MIKE de VERE
VICTOR BERRELLEZ
ROBIN CHOI
ARMIDA COLMENARES-STAFFORD
DAVID BONROUHI
TREVOR GERSZT
TIM GASPAR
ANA FONSECA
TAMARA GURNEY
LOIS KLAVIR
JOHN GRACE
LAUREL MINTZ
CORY KLIPPSTEN
MITZI LIKE
RUDY PEREIRA
PATRICK NYGREN
STEVE O’CONNELL
BETH SEIDENBERG
JEFF SARTI
DAVID POMS
MARK PORATH
DAN STRIDSBERG
KAREN SPIRES
DAVID SPECTOR
JOSEPH SEETOO
SIM TANGPARADIS
DANONE SIMPSON
REZA ZAMANI
WAYNE WARD
RAUL VARGAS
GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION
GERARD APFELTHALER
ARACELY AGUIAR
BEN ALLEN
KATHRYN BARGER
ERIKA BECK
KAREN BASS
BARRY GRIBBONS
CAROLINE MENJIVAR
ALBERTO CARVALHO
WENDY GREUEL
ARA NAJARIAN
RICHARD COMMONS
JOHN NUNES
MICHAEL PANESIS
ARMIDA ORNELAS
MICHAEL PEEL
R. REX PARRIS
RAVI RAJAN
Congratulates
DAVID SHAPIRO
HENRY STERN
CHANDRA SUBRAMANIAM
HEALTH CARE
JEFFREY BOUTELLE Chief Executive Pharmavite
ROBERT BRADWAY Chair, Chief Executive Amgen Inc.
CAMILLE APPLIN-JONES Senior Vice President, Area Manager Kaiser Permanente Panorama City & Antelope Valley Service Area
MICHAEL CASTAGNA Chief Executive MannKind Corp.
TIM CLOSSON General Manager for Southern California Cigna Healthcare Inc.
JAMES CORBETT Chief Executive Avita Medical Inc.
NIMA FARZAN Chief Executive Latigo Biotherapeutics
QUE DALLARA Executive Vice President, President of Diabetes Operating Unit Medtronic
PHIL BUTTELL Chief Executive Los Robles Health System
ALICE ISSAI President Adventist Health Glendale & Simi Valley
MICHELLE GASKILL-HAMES President Kaiser Permanente, Southern California & Hawaii Markets
KARL KEELER Chief Executive Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center & Providence LAValley Service Area
EDWARD MIRZABEGIAN
KEVIN KLOCKENGA President, Chief Executive Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
BERNARD KLEIN Chief Executive Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
NICK LYMBEROPOULOS Chief Executive Providence CedarsSinai Tarzana Medical Center
EDGAR SOLIS Chief Executive Olive View–UCLA Medical Center
DAVID S. MORGAN Chief Operating Officer UCLA West Valley Medical Center
GUSTAVO VALDESPINO President, Chief Executive Valley Presbyterian Hospital
JOHNESE SPISSO President, UCLA Health; Chief Executive, UCLA Hospital System; Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences
MURTAZA SANWARI Senior Vice President, Area Manager; Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills & West Ventura County Service Area
PRECIOUS MAYES President, Chief Executive Pacifica Hospital of the Valley
FRANK WATANABE President, Chief Executive Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc.
JEREMY ZOCH President, Chief Executive CommonSpirit/Dignity Health—Northridge Hospital Medical Center
JILL WELTON Market President CommonSpirit, Dignity Health Southern California
NONPROFITS & BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
SONYA KAY BLAKE President, Chief Executive Valley Economic Alliance
DANIELLE BORJA President, Chief Executive Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce
KEN CRAFT Chief Executive Hope the Mission
TRACY HERNANDEZ
LEE HARRISON
NANCY HOFFMAN VANYEK
MICHAEL OLENICK
JANET MARINACCIO
PETER LAUGHARN
ANGELA PAOJOHNSON
RICK NAHMIAS
SEAN KELLY
GEOVANNY RAGSDALE
DIANA SANCHEZ
DALE SUROWITZ
DAVE PHILLIPS
IVAN VOLSCHENK
DAVID TRULIO
STUART WALDMAN
PROFESSIONAL & ADVISORY SERVICES
SCOTT ALDERTON
DANNY ABIR
LEE KANON ALPERT
FRED GAINES
STEPHANIE FORMAN
BARRY BRADLEY
BARRY COHN
STEVEN FISHMAN
RAYMOND BOUCHER
ANDREW GREY
DAN KAHN
CALVIN HEDMAN
FIONA HUTTON
GREG HUTCHINS
MICHAEL KAPLAN
JANICE MILLER
BARRY KURTZ
RICHARD KATZ
JONATHAN FRASER LIGHT
CLAUDETTE MOODY
STEVEN MARTINI
CONSTANTINE MARANTIDIS
PEGI MATSUDA
TERRI HILLIARD OLSON
CHRIS PASSMORE
BRENT REINKE
RICHARD ROSENBERG
BARRY PEARLMAN
BRAD ROSENHEIM
BORIS TREYZON
MARCIA WATSON WASSERMAN
MIRI ROSSITTO
REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
SCOTT CASWELL
NATALIE BAZAREVITSCH
CHRISTOPHER BAER
TONY GUANCI
DAVE CAVECCHE
YAIR HAIMOFF
JOHN DeGRINIS
ANDREW DINSKY
DENNIS CHERNOV
HARMA HARTOUNI
DAVID HONDA
DANIELLE HASTIE
DAVID HARDING
HESSAM NADJI
DEAN HUNT
PAM KESSLER
GREG O’CONNOR
TODD NATHANSON
CHRIS JACKSON
RICK PEARSON
ART PFEFFERMAN
JOHN PARKER
SANDY SIGAL
SCOTT SILVERSTEIN
DAVID RICH Managing Partner SVN-Rich Investment Real Estate Partners
GEORGE STAVARIS
GARY SMALLEY
MICHAEL TINGUS
RON TUTOR Tutor Perini
SHEP WAINWRIGHT East End Capital
JARRED WALKER
5 THINGS TO KNOW
GERHARD APFELTHALER
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