CNO Roundtable 2025
Chief Nursing Officer Roundtable 2025
Navigating Nursing Now
In this special annual feature, 21 local nursing executives share bold insights on the issues shaping the profession today.
We asked our panel the following questions:
- Getting to Know the CNO. What’s something outside of work that relieves stress and brings you joy?
- Staff Communication. What strategies help you better connect with your nursing teams?
- Healthcare Tech. Is there a technology trend that you’re excited about — or that makes you nervous?
- New Grads. How has your approach to new graduate RN preparation evolved?
- Lifelong Learning. What nursing-related insight or skill have you learned within the past year or two?
- Workplace Violence. Has your hospital developed any new strategies to help protect nurses at work?
- Leadership Skills. What leadership skill would you like to see ALL nurses develop?
- Staffing Strategies. What is your biggest concern regarding nurse recruitment and retention? How are you tackling that challenge?
Thank you to these exceptional nursing leaders:
Angela Brady, RN, DNP, CENP, APRN, CEN — CNO, San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Banning
Annabelle Duschane Braun, RN, DNP, NE-BC — VP of Patient Care Services/CNO, Orange Coast Medical Center Fountain Valley
Sharon Brown, RN, MSN, CCRN-K, NEA-BC, FACHE — CNO, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton
Brandi Cassingham, RN, MSN Chief Nursing Officer, Saddleback Medical Center Laguna Hills
Danielle Gabele, RN, DNP, CENP, CCRN-K, CPHQ, Chief Nursing Executive Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital Ventura
Karen Grimley, RN, Ph.D., MBA, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, Chief Nursing Executive UCLA Health
Derrek Hidalgo, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer California Rehabilitation Institute, Los Angeles
Ceonne Houston-Raasikh, RN, DNP, CSSBB, CPHQ, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles
Katie Hughes, RN, MSN Chief Nursing Officer, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, Pomona
Awa Jones, RN, BSN, MSHCM, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer Norris Cancer Hospital, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles
Valerie Kaura, RN, M.S., FNP, NE-BC, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Redlands Community Hospital
Grace Kwasman, RN, BSN, MBA, Patient Care Executive/CNO, Adventist Health Glendale
Jinhee Nguyen, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, Huntington Health, Pasadena
Roz Nolan, RN, MSN, Ed.D., Chief Nursing Officer, Dignity Health Community Hospital of San Bernardino
Greg Rogers, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, CCRN, Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills/West Ventura County
Dinarte Viveiros, RN, BSN, MHA, CENP, VP & Chief Nursing Officer, MemorialCare Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach
Vicki White, RN, MSN, CNS, VP & Chief Nursing Officer, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia
Kimmalo Wright, RN, MSN Chief Nursing Officer, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Alexis Zamarripa, RN, MSN, HACP Chief Nursing Officer, PIH Health Downey Hospital
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