Guziak to lead Hoag foundation

-- Deepa Bharath

Veteran fund-raiser Ronald D. Guziak was named executive director of

Hoag Hospital Foundation this week.

He joins Hoag after serving as president of Little Company of Mary

Hospital Foundation in Torrance and San Pedro Peninsula Hospital

Foundation. As president of these foundations, Guziak doubled their

annual number of donors, quadrupled revenue and achieved a 100% reduction

in costs of fund-raising.

Hoag Hospital officials said Guziak will be a tremendous asset to them

at a time when the hospital is in the process of vigorous expansion. It

is in the midst of a $50-million capital campaign for the Women’s

Pavilion, a proposed seven-story facility scheduled to open in 2004.

As executive director, Guziak will direct day-to-day operations of the

foundation, which generated a revenue of more than $16 million last year

and includes the involvement and participation of 12,000 people and

corporations, and 1,400 active volunteers.