Kari Cornicelli, FHFMA, CPA
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Sharp Metropolitan Memorial Campus
Kari Cornicelli is VP/CFO for the Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus in San Diego, CA. Part of Sharp HealthCare, the campus is home to four hospitals totaling 800 beds and $1.2 billion in annual net revenues.
Cornicelli’s tenure at Sharp HealthCare exceeds 20 years, during which she has led broad initiatives across the integrated health care system. She has more than 30 years of experience in progressive healthcare financial leadership with expertise in both for-profit and not-for-profit environments. Cornicelli has an established record of success in significantly growing enterprise value and is proficient in healthcare reform initiatives, including population health strategies. Cornicelli is a collaborative, transparent and flexible leader who values mentoring younger professionals.
Cornicelli earned a BS in Accounting from Weber State University. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She is also a graduate of the California Healthcare Leadership Program.
Cornicelli is an active member in HFMA and served as the San Diego Chapter president in 1998 and as the National Chair on the HFMA Board of Directors in 2014-2015. She has served on multiple national task forces and currently sits on the HFMA national committee for the “Women Lead HERe” initiative. She continues to speak across the country as an invited speaker on various healthcare financial topics.
Cornicelli also serves as a board member on the California Hospital Association Board of Directors and has previously served on the Neighborhood Healthcare Board of Directors, an organization of community clinics in San Diego. In 2015, Cornicelli was named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s “150 Hospital and Health System CFOs to Know,” as well as to the “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” (2015, 2016 & 2017).
