Richard D. Cordova, FACHE
President and Chief Executive OfficerRichard D. Cordova began his association with Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as president and chief operating officer on April 25, 2005. He became president and CEO, and a member of the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees, on April 1, 2006. He was president of the Southern California Region of the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan and Hospitals (2002-04), with responsibilities for 11 hospitals with a licensed capacity of 2,300 beds, as well as a health plan for more than three million members, including 45,000 employees. His responsibilities also included the leadership of the organization's regional efforts in marketing, strategic planning, finance, quality and patient safety. Mr. Cordova was chief operations officer for Southern California (1999-02) at Kaiser prior to his appointment as president of the Southern California Region. Prior to this position he was senior vice president and service area manager, with responsibilities for four hospitals in the Northern California East Bay Service Area, including those in parts of Contra Costa County and all of Alameda County. Mr. Cordova was associated with the Department of Public Health for the City and County of San Francisco, from 1991 to 1998, as Executive Administrator of the Community Health Network (1997-98), with responsibilities for San Francisco General Hospital, Laguna Honda Hospital and 12 community health centers. He also served as CEO of San Francisco General Hospital (1991-97), an acute care hospital specializing in trauma and AIDS. Mr. Cordova was a founding member of the San Francisco Public Health Authority (1996-98), which created the Medi-Cal managed care organization for the city and county of San Francisco. He was with the Department of Health Services for the County of Los Angeles, from 1973 to 1991, including service as administrator of General Hospital of Los Angeles County (LAC/USC Medical Center) (1986-91) and associate hospital administrator of operations at Olive View Medical Center (1978-86). Mr. Cordova is a founding member of the National Forum for Latino Healthcare Executives; chair of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, a nonprofit organization that works closely with healthcare organizations and educators to expand leadership opportunities for ethnic minorities in health services management.; and chair of the board of trustees of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute of the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California. Mr. Cordova was a member of the Council on Graduate Medical Education (1996-98), appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala. Mr. Cordova was selected one of America's "Top 100 Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business magazine in October 2005. He was named one of "The 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare" by Modern Healthcare magazine in August 2006. Mr. Cordova received a bachelor's degree in business administration from California State University at Los Angeles in 1972. He received an MBA from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University in 1984. He completed a PEW Fellowship at the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (1987), and he is a Fellow with the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE). Mr. Cordova is a native of Southern California, born and raised in Montebello. He is married with three daughters. |
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