LAUREEN DRISCOLL
CEO
PROVIDENCE SOUTH DIVISION
WHY: Began career as nurse; now oversees 17 hospitals in Southern California for Providence, the not-for-profit health system serving the western U.S that employs more than 40K and generated $9.2B in revenue in 2024.
IN THE NEWS: A Business Journal Women in Business award winner in 2024.
NOTABLE: $712M expansion of Providence Mission Hospital’s South Orange County operations is underway, including a roughly 75-bed patient care tower that’s expected to be completed by 2030.
QUOTABLE: “It’s a larger growing area in Orange County, so we’re working really hard to meet the need.”
