BOARD MEMBER
GARY CONNER, Chief Financial Officer
City of Hope
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Gary Conner joined City of Hope as chief financial officer (CFO) in February 2011. A health care executive with nearly 35 years experience in financial operations and management, Mr. Conner oversees all areas of corporate finance and financial operations, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, audit, treasury and budgeting. He also leads patient financial services, materials management, purchasing and managed-care contracting. Prior to joining City of Hope, Mr. Conner was with Catholic healthcare West, the largest private nonprofit health-care provider in California. He served as vice president of financial operations in the organization’s Pasadena headquarters and as CFO and senior vice president of the Southern California Division. His responsibilities included strategic planning operational analysis, performance management, implementing financial controls and coordinating annual audits. He also oversaw CFOs in each of the organization’s 40 health-care facilities. Prior to Catholic Healthcare West, Mr. Conner served as CFO at Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.’s Pacific Division in San Diego; Scripps Clinic Research Foundation and Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic in L Jolla, California; and Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, California. He also previously was controller at Los Robles Regional; Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California. Mr. Conner received his bachelor’s degree in business management from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks and his Master of Business Administration from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. He has serve on the boards of several hospitals and health-care organizations. |
