Kimberly C. Cripe

CHOC Children’s President and CEO Kimberly Chavalas Cripe and Senior Vice President and CFO Kerri Ruppert Schiller are among an esteemed group of healthcare executives recognized in Becker’s Hospital Review’s “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” list for 2014.

Individuals included on the list lead some of the largest and most prominent hospitals and health systems in the nation. The Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team selected leaders through an editorial review process that considered a wide range of demonstrated management and leadership skills, like oversight of hospital or health system operations, financial turnarounds and quality improvement initiatives.

Cripe has an extensive health care background, with more than two decades of leadership experience. Since being appointed CHOC’s president and CEO in 1997, she has elevated the organization to a premier, nationally recognized children’s health care system.

Outside of CHOC, Cripe lends her time and expertise to various healthcare associations. Recently elected to the board of trustees for the Children’s Hospital Association, she served two terms as the board chair for the California Children’s Hospital Association, advocating for critical funding for the state’s children’s hospitals. She has also served on the board of trustees for both the California Hospital Association and the Hospital Association of Southern California.

In recognition of her leadership in children’s health care, Cripe was recognized in 1999 by the March of Dimes with the Mentor in Medicine Award, and was honored with a “Women in Business” Award in 2000. In 2001, the Forum for Corporate Directors in Orange County named her “Director of the Year.” Cripe’s most recent honors include the 2012 Champion of Children award and recognition as Orange County’s ‘Most Trustworthy Leader.”