Daralyn Aburdene

About Daralyn Aburdene

Engaging results-focused healthcare executive with over 15+ years work experience with expertise in broad scope of skill sets including operational efficiency, intricate financial planning, leverage data analytics strategically proven record of achievement in complex highly matrixed organization structure. Specializing in performance improvement and team development, including established success in system integration with organization alignment to launch new programs from ideation, infancy to operation implementation.

Experience

1. Chief Administrative Officer

   UCLA Health

   Jan 2022 — Present

   I am a senior administrative executive with a career dedicated to strengthening academic medical organizations through strategic leadership, operational transformation, and the development of high performing, inclusive teams. As Chief Administrative Officer for the Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Nuclear Medicine at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, I oversee complex research and clinical enterprises, multimillion dollar portfolios, organizational restructuring, and cross campus initiatives that directly support UCLA’s mission in discovery, education, and patient care.My work centers on building sustainable financial and operational systems, advancing institutional equity, and guiding teams through high stakes change with clarity and compassion. I partner closely with faculty leadership, central administrative units, and clinical operations to solve problems, stabilize environments, and ensure that resources, processes, and structures align with mission driven goals.Key areas of expertise include research administration leadership, financial management, process redesign, departmental restructuring, clinical integration planning, compliance and risk management, and designing operating models for newly forming units. I am committed to cultivating psychologically safe and collaborative cultures where teams can grow, innovate, and thrive.Above all, I believe administrative leadership is a service role. My purpose is to remove barriers, create order from complexity, and support people and programs so they can achieve their highest potential.

Education

• Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2015 — 2017

• California State University, Northridge

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management, General