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Marty Massiello

Executive Vice President/COO, Eisenhower Medical Center.

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A growing population, expanding medical facilities, and cutting-edge technology create plenty of opportunity to work in healthcare in the Coachella Valley. As Eisenhower’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, Marty Massiello manages the change at the hospital’s main campus in Rancho Mirage, as well as its clinics throughout the area. And he’s always recruiting. “You can have a fulfilling

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Jim Santucci

Chief Operating Officer, Desert Regional Medical Center

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Home is where the heart is, the saying goes. So it was easy for Jim Santucci to return to the Coachella Valley almost two years ago as chief operating officer at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. Santucci grew up in Desert Hot Springs, worked in his family’s Capri Italian Restaurant, and attended Palm Springs High School and College

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Mark J. Smith, Ph.D.

Applied Physiologist, Mission Hills Country Club.

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Applied physiologist, Dr. Mark J. Smith, has found the ideal place to practice in the Coachella Valley. “If you want to be active, there’s no better place,” says Smith, who helps golfers and tennis players, both amateur and professional, improve their posture, movement, and power at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. A U.K. native and graduate of Loughborough

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Tom Slovak

Partner at Slovak, Baron, Empey, Murphy 
& Pinkney LLP.

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Attorney Tom Slovak mostly handled real estate transactions when he relocated to the Coachella Valley from Riverside in the late 1970s. But then he got involved with the agricultural labor strikes, representing local growers, and broadened his areas of interest. At his 25-year-old firm, Slovak, Baron, Empey, Murphy & Pinkney LLP — which specializes in commercial litigation, land use, and

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Kyle Wagner

Director of Economic Development, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership.

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Kyle Wagner loves Greater Palm Springs, and spends his days helping others make a good life here. At the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, he consults with business owners who want to relocate or expand in the region, as well as entrepreneurs looking to start a new business. “This is a place for opportunity as much as it is for tourism,”