Ms. Milstien joined the hospital in 2022 as chief strategy and affiliation officer before being appointed COO in the spring of 2023. She has partnered with leadership across hospital to realign and refresh the strategic plan, create a strategy activation function to support key projects, develop a streamlined and more effective cross-team business planning process, and help grow the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit network into new regions. She brings more than 25 years of experience leading acute care operations in a variety of health care settings, including large teaching hospitals and public hospital systems. She was also a board member and chair for Hospital Association of Southern California’s Ventura County region and faculty for Adventist Health’s emerging healthcare leader program.
