Carolyn Caldwell - A CEO with a Heart for Community - Season 1 Episode 23

The Thousand Year Legacy

Carolyn Caldwell is currently the President and CEO of St. Mary Medical Center (Dignity Health) in Long Beach, California. St. Mary is a 389-bed academic facility with a Level II Trauma Center that offers extensive healthcare services to the greater Long Beach Community. Carolyn is a healthcare executive with over 30 years’ experience in the healthcare industry.
A Medical Technologist by training, Carolyn earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Alabama A&M University in Zoology and Chemistry and her Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Texas Woman’s University.
Carolyn is an action-oriented executive who has a reputation for working collaboratively with key stakeholders to drive results and community alignment. Carolyn has always had a passion for working with communities and for working with vulnerable or under representative populations. Because of her corporate leadership success as well as her leadership working to improve communities where she lives and works she has been recognized for her business acumen and community leadership: 2016 Steve Chase 100 Women Award, Palm Springs Life 2016 Women in Business Award – Corporate Leader, Women Leaders Forum 2015 inspiration Award, Palm Springs Human Rights Commission Community Service Award 2015 recipient, 2005 Class of Women Who Mean Business in Kansas City; 2008 Most Influential Women in Kansas City; 2010 Class of Kansas City’s Influential Women; Women worth Watching in 2011 by the Profiles in Diversity Journal and the 2013 Hallmark award from Texas Woman’s University.
She is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, California Hospital Association Board of Trustee, ACHE Governor and Board Member of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce 2021-2022. Carolyn is a past member of the AHA Region 6 Policy Board and past Chair of the AHA Institute for Diversity for Health Management. Carolyn is a former board member of the American Hospital Association (AHA). Carolyn served as the Chair of the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce during the 2016-2017 FY.
Carolyn and her husband Daniel are the proud parents of two adult children Jonathon who resides in Seattle and Monique who resides in Atlanta with her husband Sean and two daughters Savannah and Sasha.