Professional Position: Senior Counsel
Company: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Location: Pasadena, CA

John Krave has been a practicing health care attorney since 1982.  He has represented hospitals and health care systems on a wide variety of issues, including general corporate advice, health care privacy, mergers and acquisitions, and health care fraud and abuse.  Since 2008, he has been Senior Counsel for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., where he has specialized in provider-related issues, most notably including health care privacy, release of information, general consent and other operational matters and medical staff privileging and credentialing. 

Krave became involved with the fight against ALS through a friend who was a staff member of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter, now the Golden West Chapter, and from 2002 to 2006, he served as the chapter Board of Trustees Chair.  “I’m proud to be affiliated with such a passionate group of people dedicated to finding a cure for this terrible disease and provide assistance to those already afflicted,” he said.

John Krave is has a BA in History from Loyola University of Los Angeles and received his JD from Loyola Law School.  He has been married to his wife, Joan, for more than thirty years, and they have one daughter, Meagan.