Kelly Guzman, Executive Director
Background:
Kelly provides 20 years of healthcare experience. As Transition Planning Director for the UCLA Westwood Replacement Hospital Project, she coordinated the selection, procurement and installation of major medical equipment, furniture, patient and staff moves, orientation and training, licensing, marketing and information technology.
Kelly developed and organized the transition planning department along with coordinating a $54 million dollar transition budget. She created and orchestrated transition committees including the infrastructure and charter development of the respective committees.
She successfully developed and implemented a process for review and selection of medical center occupancy consultants, move manuals, licensing tracking forms, critical path schedules which served as the agenda to track deliverables for the respective transition planning committees.
Lectures
- Managing Change- UCLA SON, 2002-2005
- Planning the hospital of the future- UCLA Healthcare, UCLA SON, Peacehealth in Oregon, University of Kentucky, 2003-2005, 2007
- Challenges, Lessons Learned & War Stories- Ohio State University Medical Center, 2008
Licensures and Certifications
- California Registered Nurse
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Basic Cardiac Life Support Nursing
Education:
MN Nursing AdministrationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
BSN, Nursing
Pacific Union College
Transition Planning Experience
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles Medical Center
Transition Planning Consultant
University of California, Los Angeles
Westwood Replacement Hospital
Director of Transition Planning
University of California, Los Angeles
Santa Monica Replacement Hospital
Director of Transition Planning
Laguna Honda Hospital
San Francisco, California
Transition Planning Consultant
Mercy Medical Center, Merced
Merced, California
Transition Planning Consultant
El Camino Hospital
Mountain View, Ca
Transition Planning Consultant
Nursing Experience
UCLA Medical Center
Director of Clinical Services for Ambulatory and Interventional Services
White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles
Director of Emergency, Medical / Surgical, Rehab, SNF & Sub Acute Services
Rio Hondo College, Whittier
Clinical Instructor, Peds, PICU, General Med-Surg
UCLA, School of Nursing
Clinical Faculty Preceptor
Professional Affiliations
- Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL)
- Nurse Leadership Council of So. California (NLC)
- Transition Planners of So. California (TPSC)
- Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Tau Chapter
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses

