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Patricia A Young Brown, President & CEO

Ms. Patricia “Trish” Young Brown is the President/Chief Executive Officer of Central Health. Previously, she served for five years as the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Austin’s Community Care Services Department responsible for the Austin/Travis County Community Health Centers (FQHC), City of Austin/Travis County Rural Medical Assistance Programs and the Austin Women’s Hospital. In addition, Young Brown served a four year term as President of the Integrated Care Collaboration (ICC), a regional collaboration of healthcare providers that serve the uninsured and underinsured in the Central Texas Region. She now serves on the ICC in the role of Past President.

Prior to her public service, Ms. Young Brown worked for Seton Family of Hospitals, formerly know as the Seton Healthcare Network, in a variety of managerial capacities as Chief Operating Officer of Seton Health Partners physician group, Executive Director of Medical Management Resources and Director of Seton Healthcare Network Planning and Network Development. In addition, she served as Director of Consulting for Research and Planning Consultants; preparing healthcare service demand projections, Certificate of Need Applications and expert witness services. Her early career began with Arthur Andersen and Co. where she developed areas of expertise including oil and gas and real estate industries, international taxation and healthcare related taxation of for-profit and not-for-profit entities, joint ventures, financial forecasts and projections and alternative delivery systems.

Ms. Young Brown is a senior executive with a record of success in strategic planning, policy development and results oriented business execution. She is a skilled leader, team builder, operations manager and demonstrated community collaborator with the ability to solve difficult problems and implement and manage change to improve organizational effectiveness and outcomes. She possesses in-depth knowledge and experience of both private and public sector healthcare service delivery including ambulatory physician practice operations, Federally Qualified Health Centers, hospital delivery system development and healthcare financing mechanisms.

She holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Denver, Colorado and is a Certified Public Accountant. She was also awarded the prestigious Austin Business Journal 2009 Profiles in Power: Central Texas Women of Influence Award.