PRESIDENT<\/p>\n
CITY OF HOPE ORANGE COUNTY<\/p>\n
WHY: Led effort to bring renowned cancer research and treatment to the region in response to a pressing community need; 20% of residents were traveling outside of OC for advanced cancer care. Organization has treated more than 44K patients since coming to OC in 2020. Led $1.5B investment to build a network of cancer care and an Irvine cancer campus that includes Orange County\u2019s only hospital solely focused on preventing, treating and curing cancer.<\/p>\n
IN THE NEWS: Opened new cancer specialty hospital last December on 72-acre academic research campus in Irvine, bringing more cancer expertise, clinical trials and technology to the region. Received $30M gift from local executive and philanthropist Ron Simon, $25M of which is going toward workforce housing. The other $5M established an endowed chair, making Walker the inaugural Ronald and Sandi Simon Presidential Chair holder. See the Leader Board on page 83.<\/p>\n
NOTABLE: Longtime resident of OC. Twice recognized as one of the most influential leaders in U.S. health care. Considers her leadership at City of Hope among her most important roles.<\/p>\n
IN HER WORDS: \u201cThe moon casts no light of its own, rather it reflects the ray of the invisible sun,\u201d \u2013 Blue Miles. \u201cBe the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n
FUN FACT: A few years ago, she and her husband walked 220 miles on the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage through Spain. (See the Leader Board on page 83).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT CITY OF HOPE ORANGE COUNTY WHY: Led effort to bring renowned cancer research and treatment to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-334231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}