FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 4, 2024

Sacramento, CA — Monday, November 4^th — J.P. Marion has joined SCA Consulting and will be a new Senior Vice President of Finance for the DHLF.

J.P. specializes in providing hospitals with cost effective financing solutions for construction, expansion, and renovation projects.  J.P. previously served as a Deputy Director with the Department of Healthcare Access and Information (HCAI), where he oversaw the Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance Program, the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program, and the Distressed Hospital Loan Program. These programs have assisted numerous hospitals, not-for-profit, and governmentally owned health facilities throughout California with their financing needs. J.P. has also held various supervisory, specialist, and analytical roles within HCAI since December 2005.

Prior to joining HCAI, J.P. was a Portfolio Manager and Analyst with Berkeley Capital Management, LLC., where he was responsible for managing fixed income investment portfolios for individual clients, retirement plans, institutions, and local state agencies. He performed research, credit analysis, and due diligence on corporations and federal agencies to find undervalued investments for client portfolios.

Before joining Berkeley Capital Management LLC., J.P. was a Fixed-Income Analyst and Portfolio Manager at London Pacific Advisors. In this role he managed investments for all fixed income and balanced portfolios and handled all trading and account maintenance on a variable annuity product.

About District and Municipal Public Hospitals

District hospitals, with publicly elected Boards of Directors, are local governments responsible for providing for the healthcare needs of their communities. Over two-thirds are rural, and more than half have a critical access hospital (CAH) designation, which are the smallest and most remote hospitals. In addition to rural and remote areas of California, district hospitals serve provider shortage areas, and urban underserved areas. In most communities, they are the sole provider of health care or specific services.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 28, 2024

Sacramento, CA—On Friday, the Board of the District Hospital Leadership Forum (DHLF) announced Ryan Witz as the association’s new Executive Director. Since joining DHLF in December, Witz has led DHLF in its ongoing support of its district and municipal public hospitals as they serve California’s most vulnerable populations and communities in the state. DHLF represents all 33 of the district and municipal public hospitals, which proudly provide health care services in 19 counties across the state.