10 Sutter Health regional operations leaders
Market President, President, Central Valley Market and Division VP, CEO are among the current titles held by these Sutter Health regional operations leaders. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at Sutter Health from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Catherine Krna
LinkedInExperience: Ambulatory CEO, Sutter Health Greater Silicon Valley · Sutter Health
Catherine Krna has been Ambulatory CEO, Sutter Health Greater Silicon Valley since May 2024, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Catherine Krna was President and Chief Executive Officer at University HealthCare Alliance, Stanford Health Care from 2020 to 2022, Vice President, Ambulatory Care and Service Lines at Stanford Health Care from 2015 to 2022 and Chief Operating Officer and President, Syllable Healthcare at Syllable AI from 2022 to 2024.
David Benn
LinkedInExperience: Former Regional President · Sutter Health
David Benn was Regional President at Sutter Health from February 2009 to January 2016, based in Modesto, California, and was Central Valley Hospitals CEO at Sutter Health from 1999 to 2009. David Benn was Chief Executive Officer at Memorial Hospitals Association from 1994 to 1999, and the profile headline reads Healthcare Chief Executive.
Gino Patrizio
LinkedInExperience: President, Central Valley Market · Sutter Health
Gino Patrizio has held the title President, Central Valley Market at Sutter Health since July 2023, with a headline that reads President, Central Valley Division, Sutter Health, based in Modesto, California. Gino Patrizio was Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Memorial Medical Center from 2018 to 2023 and CEO at Rideout Health from 2015 to 2018.
Harish Rengarajan, MD, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Division Vice President · Sutter Health
Harish Rengarajan has been Division Vice President at Sutter Health since July 2026 and also lists the title Chief Medical Executive, Sutter Delta Medical Center from February 2026. Harish Rengarajan was Program Director, Internal Medicine and TY Residency Programs, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center from 2023 to 2026 and lists Physician, Hospital Medicine at Sutter East Bay Medical Group from 2023.
Jeff Gerard
LinkedInExperience: Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Health Bay Area · Sutter Health
Jeff Gerard was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sutter Health Bay Area from 2015 to 2018 and President of the Sutter Health Peninsula Coastal Region from 2008 to 2015. Jeff Gerard was Senior Vice President, Strategic Services and Chief Strategy Officer at Sutter Health from 2018 to 2020 and is now Senior Advisor at HALO Precision Diagnostics.
Joseph C Chiang, MD, MBA, FACEP
LinkedInExperience: Greater Central Valley Division Chief Medical Officer · Sutter Health
Joseph C Chiang has been Greater Central Valley Division Chief Medical Officer at Sutter Health since August 2023, with a headline that reads SVP | Chief Medical Officer | Sutter Health Greater Central Valley Division. Joseph C Chiang was Chief Medical Executive at Eden Medical Center from 2022 to 2023 and Interim Chief Medical Executive at Sutter Memorial Medical Center Modesto in 2024.
Kelley Jaeger-Jackson, MSN, RN, NE-BC
LinkedInExperience: Division VP, CEO · Sutter Health - Bay Area
Kelley Jaeger-Jackson has been Division VP, CEO at Sutter Health - Bay Area since July 2026, working in Vallejo, California, and also lists the title Chief Executive Officer at Sutter Health from 2023. Kelley Jaeger-Jackson was Chief Administrative Officer at Sutter Health from 2021 to 2023 and Chief Nursing Officer at Masimo from 2014 to 2017.
Kevin Cook, MSBA
LinkedInExperience: Market President · Sutter Health
Kevin Cook has been Market President at Sutter Health since July 2023, based in Sunnyvale, California. Kevin Cook was Chief Operating Officer at FMOL Health from 2020 to 2023, Chief Executive Officer, Health System at University of Mississippi Medical Center from 2015 to 2020 and Chief Executive Officer, Adult Hospitals for UMMC from 2013 to 2015.
Richard Leal
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Market Strategy - Greater Central Valley · Sutter Health
Richard Leal has been Vice President, Market Strategy - Greater Central Valley at Sutter Health since July 2023, based in Greater Sacramento. Richard Leal also lists the titles Director of Growth and Strategy at Sutter Health from 2015 and Director of Provider Recruitment - Central Valley Region from 2011, and was Senior Director of Delivery System Strategy there from 2019 to 2023.
Stephanie Vicent, JD, MHA, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Greater San Francisco · Sutter Health
Stephanie Vicent has been Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Greater San Francisco at Sutter Health since September 2024, based in San Francisco. Stephanie Vicent was Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Community Health System from 2023 to 2024, Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer there in 2022 and Director, Physician Group Practice at Emory Healthcare from 2018 to 2022.
Choose the right perspective
Pick the person whose area, such as the Central Valley, the Bay Area, Greater Silicon Valley or Greater San Francisco, matches the area behind your question. Note whether the role covers hospitals, ambulatory clinics, medical leadership or strategy, since that changes what the person can speak to.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set priorities across the hospitals and clinics in your market when they compete for the same resources?
- 02What does a typical week look like for a market or division leader in your role?
- 03What did you learn from the first big operational problem you handled across several sites?
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