Kari Cornicelli is VP/CFO for Sharp Grossmont Hospital and is also HFMA's chair-elect. SGH has been designated as a Magnet Hospital by the ANCC. As part of Sharp HealthCare, SGH has been recognized with the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Kari has twenty four years of healthcare experience. She earned a BS in Accounting from Weber State University and has passed the Certified Public Accountant Exam and the Fellowship Healthcare Financial Management Exam. Kari’s responsibilities at SGH include financial planning, business development, compliance, budgeting, operations, strategic planning, and management of various support services throughout the hospital. She has worked in both the for-profit and not-for-profit environments. Kari is a member of HFMA and has served on the National Board of Directors for HFMA. She is also a former board member of the California Hospital Association Board of Directors and the Neighborhood Healthcare Board of Directors, an organization of community clinics in San Diego.