Dr. J. Mario Molina earned a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Long Beach, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California, where he was elected to membership in the honor societies Alpha Omega Alpha and Sigma Xi. Dr. Molina completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of California, San Diego. He received a certificate in management from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA. He was an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine before joining Molina Healthcare.

From 1997 to 2017, he was the CEO of Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 500 company. In 2005, Dr. Molina was featured in Time magazine as one of the twenty-five most influential Hispanics. He has an honorary doctorate from Claremont Graduate University. Modern Healthcare listed him among the 100 most influential people in healthcare. He is a former president of the Golden Shore Medical Group, a former board member of Homeboy Industries, and the Aquarium of the Pacific. He has served on the Visiting Committee for Harvard Medical School and Harvard Dental School. He serves as a trustee of the Huntington Library and is the curator of the Osler Library at McGill University. He serves as a trustee of the Johns Hopkins Health System, a member of the Johns Hopkins Health Plan’s board, and a member of the University of Chicago Medical Center’s board. He is a member of the board of the National Museum of the American Latino. He has been appointed to the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He is the chair of the United States of Care, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all Americans have access to quality, affordable healthcare.