Arianna Cruz

Arianna Cruz is Director of Special Projects, Sustainable Clinical Services at Vancouver Coastal Health. She leads strategic and transformational initiatives that connect value-based healthcare, quality improvement, and environmental sustainability to advance the design and delivery of care. Since 2017, Arianna has played a leading role in introducing, operationalizing, and advancing value-based healthcare at Vancouver Coastal Health. The approach now spans 23 multidisciplinary care teams across five surgical divisions and departments. Her current work builds on this experience to embed environmental sustainability into high-quality, value-based care, drawing on engineering and change management to improve value for patients, providers, and the environment. Arianna holds an MBA from the UBC Sauder School of Business, an MA in Environment, Development and Peace from the University for Peace, and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. She is an executive coach, an ICHOM Certified