International Community Health Services CEO and leadership

Hermes Shahbazian brings more than 30 years of health care financial management experience to his role at ICHS, with an emphasis on leadership, strategic planning, operational management, and team building. He has a master’s in public administration/finance from Seattle University and a bachelor of science in business administration/accounting from California State University, Los Angeles.

Peggy Chin Evans, PhD, serves as ICHS’ COO with a strong background in strategy and quality improvement. She is very passionate about developing high functioning systems to provide quality of care to vulnerable populations through the intersection of team-based care, technology, and analytics. Prior to joining ICHS, Dr. Evans led the corporate strategy team at Premera Blue Cross, was the chief transformation officer at Neighborcare Health, and provided leadership for large-scale quality improvement initiatives at a national level. She earned her master’s degree and doctorate in social psychology from Michigan State University and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.

Samantha Lee-Chiu, DDS has served as ICHS’ chief dental officer since April 2020 after first joining ICHS as the Bellevue Clinic assistant dental director in 2018. Prior to that, she was with Neighborcare Health for 14 years as a practitioner performing comprehensive dentistry, diagnosing, preventative, restorative, periodontics, endodontic, and prosthodontics. Dr. Lee-Chiu received her Doctor of Dental Surgery in 2001 from the University of Washington, School of Dentistry. Her BS in zoology was also with the University of Washington.

Sunshine Monastrial assists the president and CEO in providing leadership and oversight for the organization's day-to-day functions and the executive team. She is also responsible for leading and carrying out a number of diverse strategic initiatives on behalf of ICHS under the direction of the president and CEO. She directs, leads and oversees planning; policy and advocacy; community health services; grants; data analytics and performance management. Under the direction of the president and CEO, she leads the exploration of major opportunities and partnerships advancing ICHS interests. Monastrial holds an MPH in health policy and management from the University of California, Berkeley and a BS in public health and BA in international studies from the University of Washington.