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.

HASC Office of Communications

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		Riverside / San Bernardino Counties
Megan Barajas
Regional Vice President
(951) 222-2284
Orange County
Sara May
Regional Vice President
(714) 663-0294		Santa Barbara / Ventura Counties
Audra Strickland
Regional Vice President
(805) 679-1717

MLK Community Healthcare’s Cultural Diversity Initiative

In this podcast, Susan Harrington, Communities Lifting Communities, speaks with Signe Gilbert and Rachel Villanueva, MLK Community Healthcare, about their groundbreaking initiative on cultural diversity in the workplace. Through workforce development, the program aims to create a culturally aligned workforce.” This means the medical center is “employing those that live in our community and helping […]

Hospital Supplier Diversity Initiative Podcast, Part 3

Overview Part 3 of the Supplier Diversity podcast series features Audrey Chang, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Flora Mayer, City of Hope. Our guests discuss how they’re helping their companies develop more inclusive purchasing practices by building relationships with diverse-owned businesses. Chang and Mayer are active in Communities Lifting Communities and HASC’s Hospital Supplier […]

Samantha Calvin on Human Trafficking and Health Care

In this edition, Samantha Calvin, PhD(c), co-leader of HASC’s Essential Human Trafficking Training in Health Care workshops, speaks with HASC’s Teri Hollingsworth. Calvin, an anti-trafficking leader in Arizona and the United States, oversees the Human Trafficking Awareness Program at Arizona State University’s Edson College of Nursing and Innovation. Here, she discusses the intersections between human […]

Hospital Supplier Diversity Initiative Podcast, Part 2

Overview In part 2 of our Supplier Diversity podcast series, HASC’s Adam Blackstone spoke with Gus Escutia, Quality Environmental, Inc., and Chico Manning, PIH Health. The two described how they met and have formed a successful purchasing relationship over the past few years. Escutia and Manning are involved with Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) and HASC’s […]

Hospital Supplier Diversity Initiative Podcast, Part 1

Overview In this segment of In the Spotlight, hospital members speak with HASC about their efforts to increase procurement with diverse-owned businesses, and the best practices and lessons learned along the way. The three hospitals are involved with the Hospital Supplier Diversity Initiative, launched by HASC and Communities Lifting Communities after AB 962 (Burke) passed […]

In the Spotlight: LA Partnership and Communities Lifting Communities

Focus on Homelessness in Los Angeles County is a joint initiative of Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) and the Los Angeles County Community Health Assessment and Action Partnership (LA Partnership) — a collaborative of more than 30 hospitals, health systems, public health departments and community partners. The initiative aims to address the region’s continuing homelessness crisis […]

In the Spotlight: Felita Jones, EdD

The National Health Foundation (NHF) welcomed Felita Jones, EdD, as president and CEO on Aug. 15. A few weeks into her new role, Dr. Jones shared with HASC’s communications team about what has inspired her life’s work, NHF’s current projects and her vision for the organization’s future. This interview is part of In the Spotlight — a […]

In the Spotlight: Lisa Mitchell

In this episode of In the Spotlight, Lisa Mitchell, HASC’s Program Director for Workforce Development, joins Rebecca Evans, Executive Director of the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County (WDBVC), for a conversation. Lisa discusses the purpose of industry workgroups and what WDBVC’s Healthcare Sector Workgroup, of which HASC is a member, has identified as Ventura […]

In the Spotlight: Teri Hollingsworth

This interview with Teri Hollingsworth, HASC’s Vice President of Human Resources and Education Services, took place on KVTA Radio’s Workforce Wednesdays segment. Teri, along with Cynthia Avila of the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County, HASC’s partner, discussed the free Virtual Health Care Career Fair taking place Wednesday, June 29. Hear how the job fair […]

In the Spotlight: Megan Barajas

Megan Barajas is HASC’s newest regional vice president, covering Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The latter, trivia buffs know, is the largest county in the contiguous United States, almost the size of West Virginia.   Barajas is a local, having graduated from high school in Moreno Valley, just east of Riverside. Her path to HASC regional vice president […]

Media Contact

Adam Blackstone

Senior Vice President, Communications
(213) 538-0761
[email protected]