Robert G. Carmen, President & CEO of Adventist Health, assumed his current position October 1, 2007, after serving as executive vice president for the Roseville, California-based hospital system since 1999. In this role, Carmen chairs the boards of three southern California hospitals, Glendale Adventist Medical Center in Glendale, South Coast Medical Center in Laguna Beach and White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles.

In addition, Carmen oversees managed care throughout Adventist Health’s four-state service area. Carmen also is responsible for corporate communication, corporate compliance and strategic planning at the corporate office.

Carmen has more than three decades of health care experience—all gained in various Adventist Health facilities. Previously, he served as president of Adventist Health/ Southern California, where he oversaw the operations of five hospitals and a medical foundation. Simultaneously, he was the president of White Memorial Medical Center and Glendale Adventist Medical Center. He also served as president of Castle Medical Center in Kailua, Hawaii. Prior to that, he was vice president of Region I, which encompassed Adventist Health’s Central California hospitals.

Carmen holds a master’s in Public Administration with an emphasis in Health Care Administration from the University of Colorado, Denver. In addition, he is affiliated with numerous professional organizations, including the California Hospital Association.

He and his wife, Cindy, have two adult children, one grandchild and reside in Loomis, California.

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Larry D. Dodds, Executive Vice President & COO, assumed his current position October 1, 2007, after serving as senior vice president of Adventist Health since 1998. Prior to that, Dodds served at Adventist Medical Center for 25 years, the last 15 as president and CEO.

Dodds chairs the boards of the following Adventist Health hospitals: Feather River Hospital in Paradise, California; Adventist Medical Center (AMC) in Portland, Oregon; Castle Medical Center in Kailua, Hawaii; Sonora Regional Medical Center in Sonora, California; Tillamook County General Hospital in Tillamook, Oregon; and Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) in Walla Walla, Washington.

Dodds also oversees five departments at the corporate office: Delivery of Care, Government Relations, Human Resources, Materiel Management, and Mission and Spiritual Care.

He began his health care career in 1971 and has worked for Adventist Health since 1973. In addition to his time at AMC, Dodds served as associate administrator at WWGH. Prior to joining Adventist Health, he worked for a health care organization in Maryland.

Dodds holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, as well as a master’s degree from Portland State University. He is active in many professional associations and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dodds and his wife, Jane, have two adult children, four grandchildren and reside in Granite Bay, California.

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Douglas E. Rebok, Senior Vice President & CFO, has served in his current role at the Roseville, California-based health care system since 1983. Rebok oversees all financial aspects of Adventist Health’s four-state service area.

Rebok began his health care career in 1976 at Adventist Medical Center (AMC) in Portland, Oregon, where he held the position of budget and reimbursement specialist. From there, he became controller for AMC and then vice president of Finance at the hospital. In 1983, he relocated to Roseville, California, when Adventist Health established its corporate headquarters.

Rebok holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, as well as an MBA from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is a certified public accountant in the state of Oregon and is active in many professional associations including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Rebok and his wife, Barb, have two adult children, four grandchildren and currently reside in Lincoln, California.

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Scott Reiner, senior vice president of Adventist Health, was appointed to his current position in January 2007. In his role, Reiner chairs the Northern California boards of Feather River Hospital, Howard Memorial Hospital, Ukiah Valley Medical Center and the joint St. Helena Hospital/St. Helena Hospital Clearlake board. In addition, he is chair for the joint boards of Central Valley General Hospital/Hanford Community Medical Center/Selma Community Hospital as well as San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield and Simi Valley Hospital. At the Corporate Office, Reiner also oversees Business Development, Innovations and Philanthropy.

Previously, Reiner was president and CEO of Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC), a 448-bed facility in Southern California, where he also served as COO. Among Reiner’s many accomplishments at the facility were his contributions to GAMC's financial turnaround in 2000, significant growth of business and market share, joint venture initiatives, the formation of a strong hospital leadership team, and the development of a master campus plan including a new patient tower. GAMC also received the CAPE Bronze Award in 2002 under Reiner’s leadership. During his tenure in Glendale, Reiner also served on the executive committee of the Hospital Association of Southern California.

Prior to joining Adventist Health, Reiner was the senior vice president of Strategic Operations at General Health System in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He also served as vice president of Specialty Operations and vice president for Development and Managed Care at Tennessee Christian Medical Center in Nashville, a former holding of sister corporation Adventist Health System.

Reiner has a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Pacific Union College in Angwin, California, and a master’s degree in Health Administration from California State University, Northridge.

Reiner and his wife, Margo, have two children; a son, Christian, and a daughter, Alixandria.

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Mark Ashlock, senior vice president of Adventist Health, assumed his current position in October 2009 and is responsible for physician strategy development for the 17-hospital health care system. Ashlock also oversees clinic services/rural health clinics and physician recruitment at the corporate office.

Ashlock has more than 25 years of experience providing services to physicians, medical groups, hospitals, payers and other related health care providers. In addition, he has directed the formation of multi-specialty and single-specialty medical groups including the integration of independent physician offices into group practices.

Before joining Adventist Health, Ashlock spent more than two decades as president of Ashlock & Valentine, CPAs. Prior to that, he worked at Ernst & Young.

Ashlock received a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California and also has a Certificate of Educational Achievement in computer consulting and business valuations from the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Ashlock is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Medical Group Management Association, the Institute of Business Appraisers and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

Ashlock and his wife, Debbie, have two adult children and reside in Granite Bay, California.

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Stan Adams, Vice President, Hospital Finance, has held his current position since July 2001. In his current role, Adams provides financial oversight for Adventist Health hospitals in Hawaii (Castle Medical Center), Oregon (Adventist Medical Center, Tillamook County General Hospital) and Washington (Walla Walla General Hospital)as well as the following California hospitals: Central Valley General Hospital/Hanford Community Medical Center in Hanford, Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, Selma Community Hospital in Selma, Sonora Regional Medical Center in Sonora, Ukiah Valley Medical Center in Ukiah and White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Adams previously served as CFO in the former Adventist Health/Northern California regional office. Prior to this assignment, he worked at Adventist Medical Center in Portland for 20 years, first as an accounting manager, then as the hospital’s controller and finally as CFO. Adams began his health care career as a controller at Scott Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He previously worked three years in public accounting.

Adams holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is a certified public accountant in Oregon (inactive). He also is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

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Gloria Bancarz, RN, MS Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, has served in her current role since 2007 and works with the Patient Care Executives and clinical directors throughout the four-state hospital system. She also oversees Adventist Health’s home care department in addition to working with the Project IntelliCare Team.

Bancarz began her health care career as an acute care staff nurse in 1982 at Adventist Medical Center in Portland, OR. She later transitioned to home care and worked in a variety of roles, from staff nurse to director. In 1991 she joined the corporate office as a clinical instructor in information systems and then transitioned to corporate director of home care. In March of 2001 Bancarz transitioned to acute care clinical decision support, until January of 2007 when she transferred to Chief Nursing Officer for Adventist Health.

Bancarz holds an associate degree in Nursing from Pacific Union College in Angwin, California, a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Walla Walla University in Walla Walla, Washington, and a master’s degree in Nursing Administration from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She is a member of numerous professional associations including Sigma Theta Tau, American Organization of Nurse Executives and the Association of California Nurse Leaders.

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James Brewster, Vice President of Finance, has held his current position since March 2000. In this role, Brewster oversees the financial operations of Adventist Health’s four-state service area. He also is responsible for Budget and Reimbursement, Capital Planning, Health Information Management and Patient Financial Services and Performance Engineering at the corporate office.

Brewster began his health care career in 1968 as a patient care assistant in Lincoln, Nebraska. He later made the transition to financial operations as a chief accountant and subsequently became controller for a hospital in Georgia. Brewster came to Adventist Health in 1978 as vice president of Finance for Ukiah Valley Medical Center. He also previously served as director of Budget and Reimbursement for the corporate office and CFO for Adventist Health/Northern California.

Brewster holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Hospital Financial Management Association.

He and his wife, Kathleen, have two adult daughters and reside in Auburn, California.

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Jeffrey Conklin joined Adventist Health as Vice President and President, Adventist Health/Managed Care in October 2008. Prior to that Conklin was COO of Bright Health Physicians of PIH, Inc., where he was responsible for all operations, managed care contracting and business development.

A health care executive with more than 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles for health care systems, hospitals, IPAs/Medical Groups and management services organizations, Conklin possesses expertise in managed care strategy and contracting, Independent Physician Association (IPA) development and administration, medical group management and business development.

Conklin earned a master's in Public Health with an emphasis in Health Services Management from UCLA and a bachelor's in Behavioral Science at Cal Poly-Pomona. He also is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and on the boards of several prestigious not-for-profit organizations.

Conklin and his wife, Joella, have a 19 year-old son and triplets who are 9 years old. The Conklins reside in Glendora, California.

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Keith R. Doram, MD, MBA, FACP, vice president for Clinical Effectiveness/chief medical officer (CMO) for Adventist Health, has served in his current role since October 2006. Dr. Doram oversees patient safety and quality of care initiatives as well as clinically related activities throughout Adventist Health’s four-state service area.

Prior to joining Adventist Health, Dr. Doram worked at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware, where he served as the CMO since 2004. Previously he was the senior vice president of Medical Affairs at Ocean Medical Center in Brick, New Jersey, (Meridian Health System) and also served as the chief of the Division of Internal Medicine and vice-chair of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Medicine at the Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Doram also has been an associate clinical professor of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University’s College of Medicine, and the associate medical director of the Lipid Clinic at Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC).

Dr. Doram also has been an associate clinical professor of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University’s College of Medicine, an assistant professor of Medicine and the associate medical director of the Lipid Clinic at Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC). He currently is an active member of the California Hospital Association’s Center for Hospital Medical Executive and Hospital Quality Committees.

In addition to his extensive hospital administrative experience, Dr. Doram has lectured both nationally and internationally. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and has co-authored a chapter in Noble’s Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. Dr. Doram has worked clinically in a variety of settings including managed care, government operated, academic, extended care and community-based health care institutions. He also has been involved as the principle investigator in many clinical trials and other epidemiologic and outcomes research studies.

Dr. Doram received his doctorate of medicine degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at LLUMC, where he served as chief resident in Internal Medicine. Dr. Doram is American Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.

Dr. Doram is very involved in church, community, and charitable organization activities. He also is an avid pilot and flight instructor; and has served as a FAA medical examiner and president/CEO of Mercy Medical Airlift of California (aka Compassion Air).

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JoAline Olson, MSN, is the Vice President for Clinical Innovations for Adventist Health. She started her career as a bachelor's prepared nurse at Portland Adventist Medical Center. She furthered her education and became a nurse practitioner and worked in the public health field for a number of years before getting her masters in nursing with a focus on administration from Oregon Health Sciences University.

In Olson's career, she has led Public Health, Home Health and Hospice programs, has been a Chief Nursing officer, a Chief Operating officer and spent the last 12 years as the CEO of St. Helena Hospital, which included two smaller hospitals in Clearlake and Vallejo. During her term as president, she successfully raised $63 million with the St. Helena Hospital Foundation for many new and innovative programs including an endowment and a new pavilion, which houses the Martin-O'Neil Cancer Center and the Trinchero Surgery Center. The new pavilion opened November 2009 with an exemplary patient centered experience at the core of the operation. St. Helena Hospital won many quality awards under Olson's leadership including top 100 heart hospitals and national patient and physician satisfaction awards and was recognized as a leader in quality improvement.

Olson is known for her innovative and collaborative leadership style and led the initiative to improve the employee and patient experience at St. Helena Hospital. She is now charged with leading the philanthropy and patient experience initiatives throughout Adventist Health.

She believes in giving back to the community and has served on many not-for-profit boards in the valley. Olson enjoys spending time with her husband, David, and daughters, Amanda and Monica.

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Alan Soderbom, Vice President & CIO, assumed his current position in June 2007. In this role, Soderblom oversees the strategic direction and management of information technology throughout Adventist Health’s four-state service area.

Most recently, Soderblom served as president and CEO of Paradise Valley Hospital, where he also was vice president of Finance and CFO. Prior to that, he was vice president at Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center where he was responsible for the administrative and fiscal management of Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center. With nearly 25 years of health care experience, Soderblom began his career in 1986 as a financial analyst at Loma Linda Community Hospital.

Soderblom holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Business Administration from La Sierra University in Riverside, California, and an MBA from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. In addition, Soderblom is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

Soderblom and his wife, Karen, have two children, Sissel and Stig, and reside in Loomis, California.

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Rodney Wehtje, Vice President & Treasurer, has served in his current role since 1990. Wehtje oversees treasury operations for Adventist Health's four-state service area.

Wehtje began his career in education and public accounting before entering the health care field. In 1983, he became controller for Western Health Resources, an affiliate of Adventist Health. He also served as a product line manager of Western Health Resources and treasurer for Western Physician Services, also affiliated with Adventist Health, before assuming his current position.

Wehtje holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Pacific Union College in Angwin, California, as well as an MBA from the University of Oregon in Eugene. He also has completed doctoral level course work in accounting and finance at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and holds a certified public accounting certificate.

Wehtje and his wife Nikki have two adult daughters and reside in Meadow Vista, California.

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