President and Chief Executive, Emanate Health

Sharma is the president and chief executive of Emanate Health, San Gabriel Valley’s largest nonprofit hospital system, which comprises three hospitals that serve about a million people. Before joining Emanate Health in 2011, Sharma served as senior vice president of financial operations for City of Hope in Duarte. Among his accolades, Sharma has been named for five consecutive years to the national list of the “100 Hospital and Health System CFOs to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review. He serves on the boards of Private Essential Access Community Hospitals, Optima Healthcare Insurance Services and the Hospital Association of Southern California, and he is vice chair of the Vizient Inc. board.

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