President, Chief Executive, Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial
Welton is the president and chief executive of Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, a position she has held since June 2018. Established in 1926, the 334-licensed bed facility has 1,000 employees and upwards of 500 physicians representing all major specialties. Under Welton’s leadership, the hospital earned its first-ever Five-Star Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and has twice won a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A. It was one of the first drive-through Covid-19 testing sites for Los Angeles County.