Dr. Gutierrez is the vice president and chief pharmacy officer for John Muir Health, overseeing pharmacy practice, strategy and policy across the health system. She leads strategies to improve medication access and quality and leverages the value of pharmacists to drive improved health outcomes. Previously, she served as the chief pharmacy officer for UCHealth in Denver and as senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer for Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente’s national pharmacy program. She has also served as the chief pharmacy officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. She is a clinical associate professor at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and an adjunct assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy in Los Angeles and at Chapman University’s School of Pharmacy in Irvine, Calif.



