San Joaquin County Administrator joins Health Commission – Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) governing board
(French Camp, CA) – San Joaquin County Director of Health Care Services Greg Diederich – chair of the San Joaquin Health Commission – has announced that the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors has formally appointed County Administrator for San Joaquin County Monica Nino to the board of the Health Commission, the governing board of Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ).
Monica Nino assumed the County Administrator position in June of 2013 after serving as the Chief Executive Officer for Stanislaus County, where she began her career in local government in 1988.
As San Joaquin County Administrator, serving under the direction of the County Board of Supervisors, she oversees 26 county departments, an annual operating budget of $1.42 billion, and over 6,700 county employees. In addition to the Health Commission, Ms. Nino currently serves on the Sex Offender Management Board (appointed by Governor Brown), San Joaquin General Hospital Foundation Board, the Council of Governments Management & Finance Committee, and iHub San Joaquin.
orn and raised in Stanislaus County, Ms. Nino earned her AA from Modesto Junior College, her bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University, Fresno, and her master’s degree in public administration from California State University, Stanislaus. “With Monica Nino’s long and distinguished leadership as a public administrator, and her deep roots in both San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, she will provide valuable knowledge and perspective to the Commission when it comes to stewardship and oversight roles across the twocounty geography HPSJ serves,” said Diederich.
About HPSJ
HPSJ, a not-for-profit health plan, has been serving members and the community since 1996. Located in the heart of California’s multicultural Central Valley, HPSJ is the leading Medi-Cal Managed Care provider in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. HPSJ offers a broad network of providers and works closely with physicians to develop programs and services to ensure quality health care for over 337,000 members. HPSJ is currently one of only 12 health plans in California with NCQA Accreditation for a managed care Medi-Cal program. Medicaid is known as Medi-Cal in California. Only 160 Medicaid/HMO plans in the U.S. had this NCQA seal at the time of HPSJ’s 2015 Accreditation.
Photo: (credit: HPSJ, July 2016) – Monica Nino, San Joaquin County Administrator
Media Contact:
David Hurst
Vice President, External Affairs
Health Plan of San Joaquin
Phone: 209-461-2241
dhurst@hpsj.com