The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) is pleased to welcome to the Golden State the hundreds of Health Journalism 2015 attendees from across the nation who inform and inspire positive social change.

We count on the tireless efforts of reporters, broadcasters, producers, and editors to help Americans understand the strengths, weaknesses, and complexities of the health care system and the institutions and people who run it. As a longtime supporter of the association and its work, we extend a special welcome and shout out to the 20 AHCJ-California Health Journalism Fellows:

1. Lisa Aliferis, editor, KQED, San Francisco
2. Larry Beresford, independent journalist, Alameda
3. Samantha Caiola, health reporter, The Sacramento Bee
4. Cheryl Clark, senior quality editor, HealthLeaders Media, San Diego
5. Victoria Colliver, staff writer, San Francisco Chronicle
6. Deborah Crowe, independent journalist, Los Angeles
7. Heidi de Marco, multimedia reporter, Kaiser Health News, Hacienda Heights
8. April Dembosky, health reporter, KQED, San Francisco
9. Randy Dotinga, independent journalist, San Diego
10. Barbara Feder Ostrov, independent journalist, San Jose
11. Katharine Gammon, independent journalist, Santa Monica
12. Anna Gorman, senior correspondent, Kaiser Health News, Menlo Park
13. Darienne Hosley Stewart, independent journalist, Sunnyvale
14. Katherine Kang, producer, KTTV, Los Angeles
15. Elaine Korry, independent journalist, Richmond
16. Janet Lavelle, assistant city editor, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo
17. Amy Paturel, independent journalist, Temecula
18. Paul Sisson, health care reporter, U-T San Diego
19. Jocelyn Wiener, independent journalist, Oakland
20. Angela Woodall, independent journalist, Oakland

See you in Silicon Valley, and thank you for your good work!

Sandra Shewry

Sandra Shewry served on staff at CHCF from 2012 to 2022. She was vice president for CHCF’s External Engagement team and also served as CHCF’s director of State Health Policy. Prior to joining the foundation, she was president and CEO of the Center for Connected Health Policy, a nonprofit organization working to remove policy barriers to the integration of telehealth technologies into California’s health care system. Sandra held a number of senior leadership positions within California state government, including director of the California Department of Health Care Services, which administers the state Medicaid program (Medi-Cal). Other programs under her leadership included public health, emergency preparedness, and licensing of health facilities. She also served as the executive director of the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. Sandra received bachelor’s degrees in community studies and psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and master’s degrees in public health and social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley.

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