Newsroom

The Hospital Association of Southern California newsroom includes media contact information and communications-related resources for hospital members. HASC’s Advocacy Department coordinates the association’s media relations. For information about HASC or to interview staff, contact Adam Blackstone, (213) 538-0761, or the regional office nearest you.

For inquiries about filming on location at a regional health care facility, please email Margaret O’Donnell or call (213) 538-0721.

Media Contacts

HASC Office of External Affairs

515 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 1300
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3300
(213) 538-0700

Adam Blackstone
Senior Vice President, Communications
(213) 538-0761

Regional Contacts

Los Angeles County

Adena Tessler
Regional Vice President
(213) 538-0703

Orange County

Whitney Ayers
Regional Vice President
(714) 663-0294

Riverside / San Bernardino Counties

Megan Barajas
Regional Vice President
(951) 222-2284

Santa Barbara / Ventura Counties

Audra Strickland
Regional Vice President
(805) 679-1717

Care for the Caregiver Resources

HASC is committed to the well-being of our member hospitals and your staff. We recognize that resilient, healthy employees are a workforce asset every day. We know that during the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care workers experienced stress, anxiety, grief and exhaustion as they continued caring for patients. Some may still be struggling with these challenges and feeling burned out […]

Organ Donation

OneLegacy is the organ procurement organization serving Southern California. Visit their website for current information on how your hospital and regional organ donation networks can collaborate to advance organ donation and successful transplantation processes and outcomes.

Care Coordination Training Funds Available for Ventura, L.A. Counties

HASC and C3 Skills Alliance this week announce up to $200,000 in grant funding for programs that train incumbent nurses, social workers and other staff in care coordination. An additional $200,000 is allocated to train new workers, from which employers in Los Angeles and Ventura counties only will be able to hire qualified applicants. Funding […]