Executive Director of Community Health
Kaiser Permanente
Pamela Schwartz, Executive Director, Community Health
Pamela Schwartz, MPH, is executive director of community health for Kaiser Permanente. She
leads a broad portfolio of work addressing social determinants of health in the areas of highest
need among Kaiser Permanente members and its communities, including food, housing, mental
health workforce development, and financial security. Pam oversees Kaiser Permanente’s $50
million commitment to improve access to healthy food, which includes the Kaiser Permanente
Food Is Medicine Center of Excellence created in 2024 to more fully integrate food and
nutrition into health care delivery both at Kaiser Permanente and at health systems across the
country. A champion for patient- and community-led solutions to social factors shaping
people’s health, Pam and her team have created innovative, high-impact initiatives to increase
affordable housing and reduce homelessness in dozens of communities and to increase the
number of medical respite programs available in communities to help patients experiencing
homelessness heal in safe and stable environments.
An experienced leader in health care and community health, Pam has contributed pieces to
several academic and health care publications and serves on many advisory committees and
expert panels. She is currently on faculty at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of
Medicine in the Department of Health System Science,
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM ET