Shelby Decosta

Shelby Decosta is senior vice president and chief strategy officer at UCSF Health as well as president of the UCSF Health affiliates network. She is responsible for leading and executing strategic planning and business development for UCSF Health. She oversees relationship and network development for the health system, as well as concierge and executive health, managed care, and marketing and branding.

Decosta joined UCSF Health in 2015. She previously was senior vice president of mergers, acquisitions and partnerships at Trinity Health in Michigan. She also served in various strategic planning roles at Dignity Health in San Francisco and Nevada and at Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente). Decosta received her master’s degree in healthcare administration and a bachelor of science degree in health promotion and disease prevention/health policy and management, both from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.