Caitlin Stella

President and Chief Executive Officer

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

After completing her undergraduate degree in Child Development at Virginia Tech, she headed to Los Angeles to complete an internship in Child Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Later, she began working in clinical research administration at the institution currently known as the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA Medical Center, overseeing the start-up of a multi-million-dollar clinical research Center of Excellence funded by the National Institutes of Health.

By integrating clinical services, clinical trials, and multidisciplinary research, this program became known as the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART), which is now recognized as an international leader in autism research. During her time at UCLA, she also completed a Master’s in Public Health in Health Policy and Management, which led her to pursue a management consulting career in the healthcare advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

She worked on various national engagement focusing in operational performance improvement, revenue cycle management, information technology implementation and compliance. Before joining Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Stella was the Chief Administrative Officer for UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Women’s Health.

Always committed to also impacting the lives of children who are hospitalized, she created a special program while at Mattel Children’s Hospital called, “Everyday Wish Fund.”

Five years at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, previously leadership positions at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Women’s Health.