Kevin Brown

Chief Executive

Kevin Brown serves as the new chief executive for Swedish Health Services.

In his former role as CSO, Brown lead the development and oversight of the Strategic Planning Office.

As the SVP/CAO, he had operational responsibility for the Ambulatory Care Division which includes Swedish/Lake Sammamish, Swedish/Redmond and Swedish/Mill Creek; he also had operational responsibility for Swedish/Ballard, a 163-bed community hospital and Swedish/Issaquah, a greenfield 175-bed community hospital which opened in July 2011.

Prior to Swedish, Brown worked for the Providence Health System leading various strategic and business development projects. He also spent five years in the early 1990s working as part of the start-up management team for PacifiCare of Washington.

Brown currently serves on the board of the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, The Highlands Association, and the SafeCrossings Foundation. In September 2004, Brown was chosen as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 Under 40."

Brown earned his bachelor's degree in business administration - marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a master's degree in health-care administration from Arizona State University.