Executive Team

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.