Ms. Driscoll is chief executive of Providence’s South Division in California, the health system’s largest and most complex division, where she oversees 17 hospitals across Northern and Southern California and supports more than 40,000 caregivers and approximately 11,000 physicians across an integrated continuum that spans acute care hospitals, urgent care, medical groups, outpatient centers, home health, hospice, wellness centers and telehealth. She stepped into the role in June 2023 following a national search, after serving as interim chief executive and regional CEO for Northern California. A registered nurse by training, Ms. Driscoll led a major restructuring that decentralized decision-making and organized operations into four service areas — Northern California, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Coastal, and Orange County/High Desert — to bring strategy closer to the bedside. She is shepherding a $712 million, seven-year expansion of Mission Hospital in South Orange County, including a new patient care tower expected by 2030. Under her division’s leadership, Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange celebrated its 90th kidney transplant through a program ranked No. 1 in California, and the division has adopted breakthrough technologies such as new ultrasound capabilities for liver cancer treatment along with artificial intelligence applications for patient engagement, diagnostics, care protocols and administrative efficiency. A champion of co-caring models that reduce administrative burden for nurses, she has supported legislation to make violence against healthcare workers in emergency departments a federal offense, and her culture work has contributed to improved caregiver engagement and intent-to-stay scores. Earlier, Ms. Driscoll served as Providence’s regional chief executive for Northern California and held senior roles at MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Wash., including president of Tacoma General and Allenmore Hospitals and president of MultiCare Deaconess Hospital, and she was chief operating officer of Providence Swedish’s Cherry Hill Campus in Seattle, having begun her career as a registered nurse in Portland, Maine.
