CenCal Health
CEO of CenCal Health, Marina Owen is an accomplished leader who is responsible for the overall strategic direction, management, and administration of programs and services while ensuring that CenCal Health fulfills its mission, goals and objectives. She is only the fourth CEO in the organization’s nearly four decades. Prior to her executive appointment at CenCal Health, Owen attained more than 15 years of health plan management experience. She most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer at Central California Alliance for Health, based in Scotts Valley. There, she successfully led enterprise-wide operations and was responsible for the executive leadership of member services, claims, project management, provider services, grievance, process improvement, and regional operations.
Owen has long-standing knowledge of CenCal Health’s line of business and the communities it serves. Her prior experience working for the organization took place from 2008 to 2017, when she rose through the ranks to her final position as the director of Provider Services and Community Engagement.
As a University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) alum, Owen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Biological Sciences; and furthered her training at UC Berkeley through the Executive Leadership Program.
CenCal Health
Serving the community since 1983, CenCal Health provides comprehensive health coverage to 1 in 4 residents of Santa Barbara County and 1 in 5 residents of San Luis Obispo County, enrolled in Medi-Cal. This regional health plan partners with over 1,500 local physicians and other providers to deliver quality patient care. he oldest Medicaid managed care plan of its kind, CenCal Health is a not-for-profit agency that employs close to 250 people at offices in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.