Health Equity Leadership Summit

PHC's Health Equity Leadership Summit coming to Pasadena, July 10-11!

The popular Health Equity Leadership Summit will bring together California physicians, executives, advocates and allies concerned with achieving health equity in our underserved communities.  

  • DATE:  July 10-11, 2025
  • TIME:  11:00 a.m. (July 10) - 2:30 p.m. (July 11)
  • LOCATION:  The Westin Pasadena
  • PROGRAM/AGENDA

EARLY BIRDS! register todaY FOR NEXT YEAR'S SUMMIT 


Medical Students: Register for only $99!


Overview

This event provides an opportunity for physicians, executives, advocates, and allies to find community, engage in hands-on trainings and workshops, and hold in-depth conversations about how they are addressing the issue of health equity in California through their care of underserved communities throughout the state.

Attendees will leave feeling energized and inspired to continue their important work to improve the lives of all Californians.

WHO ATTENDS


Featured Speakers

Hakeem Adeniyi, MD
Chief Clinical Officer
Sacramento Native American Health Center
NanaEfua Afoh-Manin, MD, MPH, MPA
President
Shared Harvest Foundation 
Lupe Alonzo-Diaz
President and CEO
Physicians for a Healthy California
Marco Angulo, MD
Medical Director
AltaMed Institute for Health Equity
Cathie Anderson
Socioeconomic Equity Reporter
The Sacramento Bee
Amira Barger, MBA, CVA, CFRE
Executive Vice President; Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Communications; and Advisory and Health Sector Specialist
Edelman
Stephanie Brown, MD, MPH
Medical Director and Emergency Physician
Sutter Health Institute for Advancing Health Equity and Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Corina Clark, MPA, FACHE, RRT
Vice President & Executive Administrator
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Amy Cummings, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and UCLA Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Health
Donaldo Hernandez, MD
PHC Board Member, CMA Immediate Past President
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Santa Cruz
Jodi Hicks
PHC Board Member, President & CEO
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
Maria Jison, MD
Global Clinical Head (Executive Director)
Late Respiratory & Immunology Therapeutic Area, AstraZeneca
Howard Kahn, MPA
Board Chair
Physicians for a Healthy California
Kristy Bird MaKieve, MBA, CAE
CEO
Healthy Rural California
Nina Malik, PharmD
Medical Executive Director
Genentech
Shelby McMichael
Communications Director
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
Deena Shin McRae, MD
Associate Vice President of Academic Services
University of California Health
Pooja Mittal, DO
PHC Board Member, Chief Health Equity Officer
Health Net
Sunita Mutha, MD
PHC Board Member, Healthforce Center Director
UC San Francisco
Juan Novoa, MS
Medical Student
UC Davis School of Medicine
Alice Pressman, PhD, MS
Senior Advisor for Student Mentorship, Office of Research and Scholarship, Professor, Department of Health Systems Science, Principal Faculty, Health Equity Research Core
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Pamela Riley, MD, MPH
Chief Health Equity Officer
California Department of Health Care Services
Baljeet Sangha, MPH, FACHE
System Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director
San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Health Network
Martha Santana-Chin, MBA
President, Medicare & Medi-Cal
Health Net
Krista Stepney, MHA
Principal and Vice President of Operations
Chartis Center for Health Equity and Belonging
Melody Tran-Reina, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Executive Director
UC Davis School of Medicine and UCD Community Health Scholars Programs
Reggie Tucker-Seeley, ScD, ScM
Principal
Health Equity Strategies and Solutions
Pepper Von
Co-Owner
Step 1 Dance & Fitness
Molly Weedn
Campaign Manager
Coalition to Protect Access to Care
Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG
Clinical Innovations Advisor, California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University School of Medicine

Health Equity Leadership Awards

PHC has closed nominations for its annual Health Equity Leadership Awards, which were presented at the Health Equity Leadership Awards Reception on July 11, 2024, during the Health Equity Leadership Summit. Click here for more information on the awards and updates on when the winners will be announced. 

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For More Information

To discuss sponsorship opportunities or to be added to our email distribution list, please contact healthequitysummit@phcdocs.org.