Hildegarde B. Aguinaldo

Hildegarde Aguinaldo currently serves as director, Corporate Counsel for DaVita Inc. Ms. Aguinaldo has a well-established history in both health care and government that uniquely positions her to address the complex issues arising from these dynamic fields.

Prior to DaVita, Ms. Aguinaldo served as associate general counsel at UnitedHealthcare and as an associate in the Health Care Litigation practice group of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Ms. Aguinaldo’s practice benefitted from the heightened understanding of healthcare systems she gained from her studies in the Master of Public Health program at UCLA and her service as a board member of a local Dignity Health hospital.

In 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. appointed Ms. Aguinaldo to the California Acupuncture Board, where she was selected president and chair of its Enforcement Committee. In 2012, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas appointed Ms. Aguinaldo to the Los Angeles County Hospitals and Health Care Delivery Commission. In 2007, Councilmember Richard Alarcon selected Ms. Aguinaldo as deputy of Health and Legal Affairs for Council District 7. Ms. Aguinaldo’s government service was a primer to her recent endeavor as general counsel for the Santa Maria Group, a prominent government relations firm with local and global specialties.

In addition to health care and the law, Ms. Aguinaldo’s longest commitment has been to advocate for the Filipino-American community. From 2014 to 2015, following over a decade of involvement in the organization, Ms. Aguinaldo served as the president of the Philippine American Bar Association, where she sharpened the group’s efforts to advance judicial diversity and promote civic engagement. Ms. Aguinaldo continues to carry out the association’s mission in celebrating the contributions of the Filipino-American community and empowering students and attorneys to advance in the legal profession.