Ms. Caldwell is responsible for the execution of the hospital strategy for St. Mary Medical Center, a 360-bed level 2 trauma center, including management of financial performance and oversight of all operational components. She manages relationships with physicians and external community partners, and is responsible for regulatory performance and compliance. A senior healthcare executive with more than 30 years of experience, Ms. Caldwell has overseen profit and loss, growth strategy and performance turnarounds across for-profit and nonprofit systems, with deep expertise in acute care, utilization management and physician enterprise growth. She reinforces a mindset for clinical innovation through business processes and performance measures aimed at reducing unnecessary variation to improve outcomes. Under her leadership, St. Mary Medical Center has achieved a Leapfrog “A” safety grade for the last three reporting cycles, a CMS 5-star rating and Healthgrades’ “Excellence in Quality in the Treatment of Heart Failure” award for 2025-2026. Ms. Caldwell also serves on the boards of the California Hospital Association, the Hospital Association of Southern California and the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce.
