Leadership Team

Meet Our UCLA Leadership Team

Department of Care Coordination and Clinical Social Work

Mary Noli Pilkington, MSN, RN, CCM
Senior Director
Department of Care Coordination and Clinical Social Work
UCLA Health Hospitals

Shelly Abernathy PsyD, MSW, LCSW
Social Work Clinical Supervisor

Laura Arance, RN, BSN
Director
West Valley Medical Center 

Jose Fabian, LCSW, ACM
Manager, Medicine and Emergency Department
Santa Monica Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital

Gabriella Garza, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, IQIC
Manager, Medicine and Emergency Department
Ronald Reagan Medical Center

Alexandria Hagler, MSW, LCSW, SHRM CP, ACM, IQCI
Manager, Learning, Development, & Business Operations

Derek Hoppe MSN, BSN, MBA, RN, IQCI
Manager, Strategies, Analytics and Quality Initiatives

Joy LaGuardia
Manager, Transitions of Care & Clinical Authorization Review Division

Joseph Vina, RN, BSN, CCM
Manager, Surgery and Transplant Services
Ronald Reagan Medical Center

Jane Venus-Nocentelli, PhD, MSN, MA, BSN, RN, CMGT-BC
Senior Manager, Specialty Services
Santa Monica Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital

Whitnii Patterson Wright, LCSW, MPH, ACM 
Manager, Pediatric Services 
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital