MARK COSTA
Executive Director, Orange County service area
Kaiser Permanente
Anaheim
Born in Patterson
Age: 62
Lives in Rancho Palos Verdes
WHY: Helms Oakland-based nonprofit health enterprise with hospitals in Anaheim, Irvine, medical offices around the county that serves nearly 600,000 members. Employs close to 8,000 part- and full-time workers in Orange County.
HOW: Successor to longtime Kaiser head Julie Miller-Phipps, who’s now president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia. With Kaiser a decade, including stint as executive director of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center before taking OC position. Previously with Providence Health System, Little Company of Mary, Torrance Memorial and California Hospital Medical Center.
RECENT: Part of consortium of healthcare agencies building first-of-its-kind mental health center; Be Well Orange County Regional Mental Health and Wellness Campus opens in spring 2020, in Orange.
QUOTABLE: “Our whole mission is to keep people well. We think that is best done when the [healthcare] system is coordinated and integrated.”
PERSONAL: Bachelor’s, master’s degrees, University of California-Los Angeles. Former board member of Hospital Association of Southern California and California Hospital Association. Wife, Kathy, four children, five grandchildren. Enjoys hiking, road cycling, gardening.
