Sandra Pham

Webit Speaker, President & CEO West Coast University

Sandra Pham is the president and CEO at West Coast University, offering both online and on-campus healthcare programs in nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistants and nurse practioners. Ms. Pham has oversight for strategic growth, market benchmarking, legal, compliance, and data analytics. Ms. Pham oversees the admissions and enrollment processes as well as campus operations, both online and for the school’s main locations in California, Texas, and Florida.

Sandra has more than two decades in the healthcare world working in hospitals and medical offices around the world, including Africa and the Middle East. Previously, Sandra held a variety of leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente, including CFO for Finance Operations and Vice President of Finance for the real estate portfolio, where she had financial oversight of the organization’s multi-billion-dollar annual capital program. A respected leader in her field, Ms. Pham has been a guest lecturer at Oxford University, a participant for the Robert Half Women in Leadership panel and Ernst & Young Diversity Leadership panels. Ms. Pham has been honored as a finalist for the Orange County Business Journal 2018 Woman Leader of the Year. Sandra received a Master of Public Health from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration from Keenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She attended college at the University of Minnesota and graduated with a BS in biology and a BA in psychology.

In addition, she has several other certifications including: Certified Executive Coach (CPCC certification), Co-Active Training Institute and Certified Management Accountant, Institute of Management Accountants. Ms. Pham is a visiting scholar in the Yale Healthcare Leaders program and serves on several boards including:
• The Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
• Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
• The Executive Advisory Board for the Yale Healthcare Conference

Sandra enjoys spending her spare time with her two children and being a Girl Scout Mom — especially during girl scout cookie season.