NAC Member Biography: Joseph M. (Mario) Molina
Joseph M. (Mario) Molina M.D.
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Molina Healthcare
Joseph M. (Mario) Molina, M.D.,earned a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Long Beach, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California (USC), where he was elected to membership in Alpha Omega Alpha and Sigma Xi. Dr. Molina performed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of California, San Diego. He received a certificate in management from the Anderson School of Business at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was an assistant professor of medicine at USC before joining Molina Healthcare.
From 1999 to 2017, Dr. Molina was the president and chief executive officer of Molina Healthcare. In 2005, Dr. Molina was featured in Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America. He has an honorary doctorate from Claremont Graduate University. Modern Healthcare listed him among the 100 most influential people in healthcare. He is a former president of Golden Shore Medical Group, former board member for Homeboy Industries, and served on the visiting committee for the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Dental School. He is a trustee of the Huntington Library and curator of the Osler Library. He is a trustee of Johns Hopkins Medicine, member of the board of the Johns Hopkins Health Plan, member of the board of the National Museum of the American Latino, member of the board of the University of Chicago Medical Center, and chair of the United States of Care.
