Krisianna Bock, MPH, FACHE, EDAC is a Principal and Senior Vice President with HKS Architects, a global architecture firm. With 25+ years of healthcare experience, Krisianna has led master planning efforts for medical centers and healthcare systems in Southern California and across the country. To date, she has influenced $5B+ in capital for healthcare projects that are built, under construction, planned, and cancelled. She is committed to furthering an organization’s vision to enhance the communities it serves through outstanding facilities. Combining a background in public health and a passion for healthcare design, she believes that healthcare buildings can integrate exceptional functionality, sustainability, and aesthetics. 
  
Krisianna was an undergraduate of Mount St. Mary’s University and graduate of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and two-time recipient of the ACHE Senior Leader Regent’s Award (2018 and 2024). She is involved with a variety of organizations including Cal Poly Pomona, College of Environmental Design Healthcare Committee, Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo (HFSE) Advisory Board, and US Green Building Council of California (USGBC-CA) Regional Leadership Advisory Board. 
 

Jennifer Heenan is a consultant in Spencer Stuart’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Healthcare Practice. She has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry as a leadership and strategy consultant. In her 11-plus years at Spencer Stuart, Jennifer has partnered with a broad range of healthcare organizations including health systems, integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, payors, physician groups and healthcare associations to recruit their senior most executive leaders. She is a recipient of the firm’s prestigious Lou Rieger Quality Award for high quality client service.  
 
Strategic Healthcare Expertise  
Jennifer has worked with some of the nation’s most influential healthcare services organizations to recruit CEOs, board directors and senior-level executives. She employs a rigorous, best practices approach to recruit high impact leaders who not only align with the role, but who will also succeed within the broader operating environment of the organization and competitive external landscape.  
 
Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Jennifer spent 10 years with AMC Strategies, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm specializing in strategic planning for some of the most prestigious academic medical centers and schools of medicine nationwide.  
 
Earlier in her career, Jennifer managed strategic planning for Huntington Hospital and Cedars-Sinai Health System.  
 
Jennifer is a graduate of the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, where she earned an MPH from the Department of Health Policy and Management. She also holds a B.A. in urban studies and planning from the University of California, San Diego. She is a member of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Board of Advisors, Partners in Care Foundation Board and UCLA Health Policy & Management Alumni Association Board.

Andy Ortiz is senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Cedars-Sinai, where he is responsible for the strategy and implementation of human resources policies and programs. His work in developing a talent-driven culture helps balance growth initiatives and operational efficiencies to ensure that Cedars-Sinai remains a world-class healthcare organization. Reporting to the CEO, Andy serves as a trusted advisor to colleagues on the executive team, ensuring that initiatives align with Cedars-Sinai’s mission, vision and goals.  
 
In his leadership capacity at Cedars-Sinai, Andy is a member of the Executive Diversity & Inclusion Council, the Grantmaking Committee and the Sustainability Committee. Additionally, he supports the Board of Directors by staffing the Executive Personnel (compensation) Committee and the Nominating & Governance Committee.  
 
Andy joined Cedars-Sinai in 2016, after serving as senior vice president and chief people officer at Health Net, Inc. during its merger with Centene Corporation. At Health Net, Andy was responsible for strategy, policy development and administration of all aspects of human resources, including compensation, benefits, performance management and rewards, staffing, equal employment and diversity, leadership and talent development, organization effectiveness, and change management.  
 
Prior to rejoining Health Net, Andy was the chief human resources officer at Western Dental Services/Brident and senior vice president of organization effectiveness for Warner Bros. Entertainment Group. He has held numerous leadership roles in a variety of industries, including healthcare, entertainment, financial services and automotive. 
 
Andy earned a master of arts in organizational leadership from Woodbury University and a bachelor of arts in speech communication from California State University, Fullerton. He is a certified executive coach from the Hudson Institute of Coaching and a member of the International Coaching Federation. Andy proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, which provides services to more LGBT people than any other organization in the world. 

Brandon Fernandez is CEO of CRI-Help, Inc., a nonprofit organization specializing in the treatment of substance use and co-occurring disorders. CRI-Help was founded in 1971, serves over 3,000 patients annually in its withdrawal management, residential, and outpatient levels of care, and employs approximately 200 full-time employees. CRI-Help spans nine locations across Los Angeles, including 288 inpatient beds and over 100 transitional living beds. CRI-Help's headquarters, The George and Tom Pfleger Center, is one of the largest licensed residential SUD treatment centers in California (135-bed capacity). 
 
Brandon was born in Los Angeles, CA, and was raised as a third culture citizen abroad, spending his formative years in Brazil and India. Brandon received his B.A. in Philosophy, with an emphasis on Health Care Ethics, at the University of Denver, was an exchange student at the University of Oxford, and received his Master of Public Health, with an emphasis on health policy and management, at UCLA.  
 
In addition to his role as CEO of CRI-Help, Brandon owns and operates Altruist Investment Consulting, an agency focused on boutique strategic planning services, specializing in the licensure, certification, and accreditation of SUD and mental health treatment facilities in California.  
 
Brandon is renowned behavioral health policy expert in California. He is proud to serve on several boards, advocating for parity and equity in SUD treatment, including the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives (CAADPE), a professional association of community-based SUD  treatment agency executives advocating for quality patient care, the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP), the largest consortium of addiction professionals in California, responsible for the certification of over 12,000 addiction counselors, and Young People in Recovery, a national nonprofit that provides peer recovery support programs for youth and young adults, and UCLA’s Health Policy Management and Alumni Association.