Executive Team
David Klein, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
MarinHealth
David Klein, MD, MBA, brings an especially informed perspective to his
position as CEO of MarinHealth, having spent the first fourteen years
of his career working as a general surgeon. Since leaving the operating
room, Dr. Klein has built a long, successful career as a healthcare executive
and hospital CEO. His open leadership style fosters communication and
collaboration between the hospital staff, the administration, and the
community at large.
Prior to his position at MarinHealth Medical Center, Dr. Klein served as
President and CEO of Dignity Health’s two San Francisco-based hospitals:
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center. At
Dignity Health, he oversaw a great deal of positive change, including
a turnaround to profitability, multiple Healthgrades Five Star and Excellence
Awards, the development of a Transgender Health Program, the establishment
14 Bay-Area based urgent care centers, and the launch of the new Bothin
Burn Center, the largest burn unit in Northern California.
Before joining Dignity Health, Dr. Klein was Chief Operating Officer and
then President of the Baylor Scott & White Health All Saints Medical
Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Under his stewardship, the hospital received
many accolades for service line excellence and overall quality, including
top hospital rankings in US News and World Report. Prior to his role at
Baylor, Dr. Klein served as Administrator of Presbyterian Hospital of
Denton in Denton, Texas, and as Chief Executive Officer of Cedar Park
Regional Medical Center in Austin, Texas.
Dr. Klein has sat on numerous community boards, from the American Heart
Association, March of Dimes, and American Cancer Society to the Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce. He is the current Chair of the San Francisco Section
of the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California and a member
of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society.
Dr. Klein received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern
California, his medical degree from the University of New Mexico, and
his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University
of California, Irvine.
Andrew Apolinarski, MSN, RN, CNL
Chief Nursing Officer
MarinHealth Medical Center
Andrew Apolinarski, MSN, RN, CNL, has more than twenty-five years of clinical,
teaching and nursing leadership experience in acute care facilities in
California, primarily in critical care.
He has served at MarinHealth Medical Center for almost ten years, most recently as Executive Director of Nursing Services and prior to that as Director of Critical Care Services. Before coming to MarinHealth, Andrew held nursing leadership and clinical positions in several San Diego area hospitals, including Scripps Memorial Hospital, Palomar Health and Tri-City Medical Center.
Andrew received his BSN and MSN from California State University in Southern California.
Eric Brettner
Chief Financial Officer
MarinHealth Medical Center
Eric Brettner has more than twenty years of experience in healthcare finance,
operations, process improvement and change management. Prior to joining
MarinHealth, Eric was a regional CFO for a region for PeaceHealth in Bellingham,
WA. Prior to that, he served in a number of positions with Dignity Health,
including Senior Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the
Bay Area Service Area. He has also worked with HCA, Good Samaritan Health
Systems and Alta Bates. Eric started his finance career with Arthur Andersen
& Co, an international public accounting firm.
Eric holds a BS in Business Administration, Accounting & Finance from the University of California, Haas School of Business and an MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California.
Mary Friedman
Chief Strategy Officer
MarinHealth
As the Chief Strategy Officer at MarinHealth, Mary leads transformational
growth strategies, develops and structures partnerships, and spearheads
new service development and physician recruitment for the enterprise.
Prior to joining MarinHealth in 2010, Mary worked in pricing strategy for UC San Diego Health System and in management consulting at Accenture in the Health and Life Sciences Consulting Practice where she collaborated with payers and providers across the county.
Mary holds a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in Economics and Political Science and a master’s degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Healthcare Policy and Management.
Liz Kolcun
Chief Development Officer
MarinHealth Foundation
Liz Kolcun, an accomplished healthcare philanthropy professional, joined
the MarinHealth Medical Center team in May 2016. Previously, Kolcun served
as Chief Development Officer for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF)
where she led the philanthropy and annual fundraising programs. Earlier
in her career, Kolcun managed all aspects of major gifts fund development
at California Pacific Medical Center Foundation. Over her fifteen-year
career in healthcare philanthropy, she has held responsibility for capital
campaigns, individual major and principal gifts, planned gifts, grant
writing, direct mail, event planning and philanthropy communications.
Kolcun is a graduate of University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida.
Colin Leary
General Counsel
MarinHealth
Colin Leary serves as General Counsel and oversees all legal affairs for
MarinHealth Medical Center and MarinHealth Medical Network. Colin is a
healthcare business attorney with extensive experience advising hospitals,
health systems, physicians, management companies, and health care technology
companies on a broad range of legal issues. He is a specialist in the
structuring of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other affiliations,
as well as the design of physician alignment strategies and compliance
with privacy, fraud and abuse, and other industry regulations.
Prior to joining MarinHealth in 2021, Colin served as Chief Legal Officer of Altais, a healthcare management services and technology company, and as hospital counsel to the University of California, San Francisco. He came to UCSF from private practice as a healthcare transactional attorney at Jones Day, an international law firm.
Colin is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and DePauw University, and he is a member of the State Bar of California.
Eugene Lewis,
EMBA, SPHR
Chief Human Resources Officer
MarinHealth Medical Center
Eugene joined our organization in 2014 as the lead for our Benefits team.
He was promoted to Human Resources Director in June 2017. He has since
served as a subject matter expert for HR policies and procedures and has
led a number of initiatives in the area of benefits and leave of absence
management, Employee & Labor Relations group negotiation, and was
instrumental in developing HR responses to emergencies that affected our
staff, including PSPS power shut offs, regional fire emergencies and of
course, COVID related issues.
Eugene comes to this new role with fifteen years of human resources experience and holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology and African American Studies from the University of California, Davis and an Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento. He is certified as a Senior Professional of Human Resources [SPHR].
Jennifer Schaab, MBA, MPH
President
MarinHealth Medical Network
Jennifer Schaab is an innovative health care leader passionate about advancing
patient-centric care. With more than 20 years of progressive leadership
experience, she brings proven performance in network development and growth,
mergers and acquisitions, integration, strategic planning, operations,
financial performance improvement, and developing high-caliber physician
networks. In her role as President, Jennifer is accountable for a wide
range of initiatives, including strategic growth, operations, financial
performance, quality, and technology implementation.
Her experience prepares her well for this role. She served as GVP, Enterprise Strategy, at SCA/Optum Health. Prior to her work with Optum, Jennifer served as Chief Operations Officer for the Physician Enterprise at Providence Health and Dignity Health, with responsibility for their medical networks, IPAs, and all Ambulatory services. She also has experience with large university settings and private technology firms. She has successfully led clinic growth strategies, improved physician and patient engagement, launched clinical improvement programs, developed employee retention and physician burnout initiatives, and launched new technology initiatives that drove new growth, improved patient satisfaction, and improved quality of care.
Jennifer holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Southern California, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Karin Shavelson, MD, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer
MarinHealth Medical Center
With over fourteen years of extensive medical and administrative experience
from Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Karin Shavelson joined MarinHealth in 2019
as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Hospitalist group and she will
continue to support our Women, Infant and Children division in this role.
She is also one of our leaders in our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Shavelson also has clinical privileges in Pediatrics at the University
of California, San Francisco. While with Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Shavelson
served in several leadership roles, such as Chief of Inpatient Pediatric
& Neonatal Services, and was also honored by her colleagues and elected
to the Medical Executive Committee (MEC), including service as President
of MEC. During her tenure with Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Shavelson participated
in many educational courses, including completing the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement Patient Safety Officer course.
Dr. Karin Shavelson has over fifteen years clinical experience as a Board Certified Pediatric Hospitalist, including one year as a Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Stanford/Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. She received her medical degree from the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and then completed her residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.