Meet Our Staff

We're so proud to have teams of doctors and nurses who not only are excellent at their work but enjoy healing others and are motivated from the heart. We also have an amazing support staff that keeps everything running smoothly. As a nonprofit organization, our doctors, nurses and staff are focused on the delivery of high-quality health care and services and what they think will help each and every person who comes to us about their health, rather than on short-term stockholder demands. We are driven by the needs of our members and our responsibility to the many communities we serve.

Labor Management Partnership

The Labor Management Partnership (LMP) was formed in 1997 by Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions as a way of creating an operating strategy for a high performance organization. This strategy would be identified by union, management and physician leaders alike. Each employee is an expert in her or his job, therefore the key to high performance is to fully engage union members and leaders in identifying and solving problems, creating business plans, and redesigning work processes. Read More

Our Executive Director of Diversity

Katherine Haynes Sanstad is the region's executive director of diversity. Since she started in February 2006 she has had a big job: to see that her emerging department helps to identify opportunities for improving care and service for all Kaiser Permanente members. Read More

Katherine Haynes Sanstad
Executive Director of Diversity

Our Program Director for Kaiser HealthConnect

Rose Calhan is program director for northern California Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect, an electronic medical-record system that integrates Kaiser Permanente's clinical and business systems, and, within the next few years, will provide physicians and other health care providers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across the nation with real-time, secure, electronic access to members' clinical information. Read More

Rose Calhan is program director for northern California Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect

Kaiser Nurses

The Kaiser nurses go above and beyond as part of their daily work and are currently on their way to Magnet recognition, a prestigious award for nursing excellence. Our nurses and staff work closely creating an innovative and thriving environment resulting in a high employee morale and high patient satisfaction. Our nurses also frequently pursue leadership roles as nurse managers, consultants, or educators in their area of specialization.

Nursing Pathways

Nursing Pathways is a program dedicated to improving all aspects of nursing at Kaiser Permanente. The six Nursing Pathways - workplace, leadership, learning, practice work environment, nursing research, quality, and patient safety - address key areas identified by nurses as critical to a supportive environment.

Kaiser Permanente Gives $300,000 for Nursing Program

Kaiser presents the $300,000 check to California State University Fullerton

Kaiser Permanente recently presented a check for $300,000 to the Department of Nursing at California State University Fullerton. The money will be used to develop a new post-baccalaureate, pre-licensure nursing program for students who wish to become nurses while pursuing a master's degree in that field. Read More

Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Programs

Keinya Williams Lawrence was in 2nd grade when she saw "Professor Bodywise" at Loma Vista Elementary School in Vallejo courtesy of Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Programs (ETP).

"The character I remember most was 'Nikki Teen the Soccer Queen,'" said Lawrence, now 30. "She was huge and she was fun, and I was really impressed by her non-smoking message. I guess she must have had a strong impact on me, because I've never smoked a day in my life." Read More

Kaiser Permanente created Educational Theatre Programs to inspire children, teens and adults to make informed decisions about their health and to build stronger, healthier neighborhoods.

Kaiser Staff

Our hospital and clinics couldn't function without the dedication and hard work of the many members of our support staff. Here are photos of just a few of the wonderful staff members you may see when you visit. Reload this page or visit the team pages of each department to see more photos.

Mary O'Connor-Lemke Licensed Voc Nurse IV Cert Sr Gastroenterology	Peggy Jacobson Prenatal Care Coordinator-RN Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN)
Jackie Cook Patient Service Representative (PSR) Occupational Medicine	Shelly Matthews Licensed Vocational Nurse Pediatrics
Erica Medical Assistant (MA) Family Medicine Services	Dee Rhorer Medical Assistant (MA) Neurology
Carly Franz Patient Service Representative (PSR) Orthopedics	John Wickenburg Sr Physical Therapist Continuity of Care
John Sanborn Sr Laboratory Assistant Laboratory Medicine	Julie Hartz Audiologist Hearing Center
Diane Benson Staff Nurse III Pediatrics	Patrece Hernandez Medical Assistant (MA) Pediatrics