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• I recognize that Board membership requires my attendance at meetings and/or events I am willing and able to make this commitment of time and effort to serve
Summary of duties: (?) 2012 to 2023
Job Duties:
- strategic planning
- negotiate contracts with health plans, physician groups and other payors - work with business operations to achieve expected reimbursement - administer physician alignment programs including Cardiovascular Co-Management Company and Medicare Accountable Care Organization
- community health and health equity including founding member Ventura County Community Health Improvement Collaborative, executive committee member Ventura County Community Information Exchange, board member and treasurer Communities Lifting Communities - a non-profit initiative of the Healthcare Association of Southern California I am interested to continue serving beyond my initial 18 month appointment as City of Thousand Oaks representative to the Advisory Committee. As an outdoors enthusiast - I completed walking the first 653 northbound miles of the Pacific Crest Trail on May 13 and will resume my journey after Memorial Day - I wholly support conserving wild places. As a community health champion, I know the benefits of providing community access to natural places. As a 14 year City of Thousand Oaks resident and Senior, I value the opportunity to represent our community’s interests at the Conservancy.
My professional work in strategic planning, contract negotiation, proposal assessment and project management enable me to contribute to Conservancy deliberations. As an executive leader in complex healthcare settings and community organizations I bring the capability to work collaboratively with Advisory Committee colleagues and Conservancy Board Members.
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee, 2025-2026 Santa Monica Mountains (SAMO) Fund wildland restoration projects volunteer, 2025-2026 Santa Monica Trails Council (SMMTC) trail repair volunteer, 2026 SAMO staff and volunteers appreciated the presence of a Conservancy Advisory Committee member working alongside them.
Social Services Ad Hoc Committee, City of Thousand Oaks, Chair, 2017-2018; Vice Chair, 2015-2016
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Wilfred “Will” Garand
Thousand Oaks CA | (
Versatile healthcare Vice President who leads from within to combine business success with sustainable community health outcomes.
Skills
Managed care, health equity, community health, population health, strategy, physician relations, collaborative leadership, financial modeling, Medicare, Medicaid, revenue integrity Experience
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY - agency of the State of California Advisory Committee Member, 2025-Present Thousand Oaks, CA
⬥ Support Conservancy mission to strategically buy back, preserve, protect, restore, and enhance treasured pieces of Southern California to form an interlinking system of urban, rural and river parks, open space, trails, and wildlife habitats that are easily accessible to the general public ⬥ Represent the City of Thousand Oaks on the 26 member Advisory Committee that advises the Conservancy Board
COMMUNITIES LIFTING COMMUNITIES - not-for-profit initiative of the Hospital Association of Southern California to reduce health disparities and improve community health in Southern California Board Member, Treasurer, 2017-2023 Los Angeles, CA
⬥ Participated in development to assist hospitals, community clinics, Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans, community stakeholders and public health departments to address social determinants of health through effective care coordination and cross sector collaboration ⬥ Served as a strategic interface between CLC and regional collaborative VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY INFORMATION E XCHANGE - secure information exchange for health care providers and community benefit organizations Advisor, 2023 Ventura, CA
Executive Committee Member, 2021-2023
⬥ Founding member of care coordination organization to address social determinants of health for Ventura County residents
VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE - regional community health initiative to conduct health needs assessment and execute health improvement strategies Founding Member, 2017-2023 Ventura, CA
⬥ Provided executive leadership to form and launch collaboration with public health, health plan, community and health system partners
⬥ Identified opportunities that led to national recognition through programs including the American Hospital Association’s Hospital Community Collaborative and Centers for Disease Control’s Pilot to Measure Racism
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SOCIAL SERVICES AD HOC COMMITTEE, CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) federal funds and Social Services Endowment Fund (SSEF) City funds Chair, 2017-2018
Vice Chair, 2015-2016 Thousand Oaks, CA
⬥ Reviewed grant applications and presented funding recommendations to the City Council ⬥ Advocated for structured grantee program evaluation and joint applications from smaller organizations
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE - not-for-profit integrated health system Vice President, Planning & Managed Care, 2012-2023 Ventura, CA
⬥ Outperformed industry reimbursement trends producing seven figure negotiation outcomes beyond expectations while building positive health plan relationships ⬥ Successfully shifted the health system and healthcare community’s perspective from community benefits as a competitive branding activity to collaborating on community health ⬥ Developed and grew Medicare ACO to 380 physicians, 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries and downside risk sharing
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - not-for-profit 460 bed hospital Director, Managed Care, 2005-2012 Arcadia, CA
⬥ Led negotiation, termination and litigation actions to avert an operating deficit during recession ⬥ Pioneered use of qualitative analytic tool to develop negotiation strategy for court-mediated contract negotiation
⬥ Partnered with Hospital Cost Consultants to develop a multi-year modeling tool for payer rate changes and chargemaster adjustments
⬥ Initiated and led clinical documentation improvement and hospital-wide employee engagement projects
PRIOR EXPERIENCE - various physician, hospital and health plan organizations; details upon request Management Positions, 1991-2012 Southern California ⬥ Increased health plan service capacity 30% and initiated strategic alliance discussions to add $20M revenue
⬥ Accountable for $32M IPA and medical group P&L. Reduced client expenses 25% by converting sub-contracts to fixed-rate
⬥ Increased revenue $9.5M by boosting hospital capitation enrollment from 300 to 20,000 ⬥ Improved competitive edge and averted financial loss by creating the hospital's first global pricing for transplant services
⬥ Added $5.4M incremental revenue to health plan via new affiliations
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Education
MS, Health Information Management, Claremont Graduate University MBA, emphasis in Marketing, The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University
BS, Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
Professional Memberships
THE HEALTHCARE ROUNDTABLE - M ANAGED CARE A ND REVENUE O FFICERS – national limited membership organization
HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – contracting committee SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTRACTING ROUNDTABLE – non-profit hospital and physician organization collaboration
AMERICA'S PHYSICIAN GROUPS – contracting committee
HEALTH CARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (HFMA)
Computer Literacy
VARIOUS DESKTOP P RODUCTS - Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Project, Business Objects, ATLAS.ti qualitative data analysis, MindMapping for strategy development and project management HEALTH CARE INFORMATION APPLICATIONS – Crimson Clinical Advantage, Meditech/Medisolv, Hospital Cost Consultants (HCC), Chartmaxx, Affinity and Eclipsys
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