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Ronald Werft

President & CEO · Cottage Health

President & CEO at Cottage Health. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 6 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Organizations
6
Roles reported
6
Reported compensation
$2.0M

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
Reported as President & CEO of Cottage Health, based in Santa Barbara, CA.
Received $2.0M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as President & CEO of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation, uncompensated.
Also listed as President & CEO of Goleta Valley Professional Buildings INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

President and CEO of Cottage Health System, a multi-hospital system serving California's Central Coast, for 24 years after 37 total years with the organization (1987–2025). Oversaw the construction of new Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, expanding regional access to specialty care.

Now President Emeritus and recipient of the 2025 American Hospital Association Board of Trustees Award.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
1987–2025 (CEO 2000–2025)
Education
  • San Diego · University of California
  • University of Minnesota · Master of Hospital and Health Care Administration

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Cottage Health President & CEO · $290.4M revenue · Santa Barbara, CAIt is the mission of Cottage Health to provide superior health care for and improve the health care of our communities through a commitment to our…pay $1.7M → $2.0MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$2.0Mreported comp
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation President & CEO · $33.0M revenue · Santa Barbara, CAIt is the mission of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation to solicit, receive, invest, maintain and distribute funds for the support of…Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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Goleta Valley Professional Buildings INC President & CEO · $7.5M revenue · Santa Barbara, CAThe purpose of Goleta Valley Professional Buildings, Inc. is to provide the technical and physical environment in which quality health care can be…Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital President & CEO · $139.7M revenue · Santa Barbara, CAIt is the mission of Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital to provide superior health care for and improve the health care of our communities through a…Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital President & CEO · $1.1B revenue · Santa Barbara, CAIt is the mission of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital to provide superior health care for and improve the health care of our communities through a…Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital INC President & CEO · $35.8M revenue · Santa Barbara, CAIt is the mission of Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital (SYVCH) to provide superior health care for and improve the health care of our communities…Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Executive VP and COO · FY2024
$1.2M
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Senior VP and CFO · FY2024
$1.1M
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Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer · FY2024
$996K
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Vice President Information Technology and CIO (part Year Through July 2024) · FY2024
$984K
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Vice President Medical Affairs · FY2024
$912K
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Vice President Marketing & Population Health · FY2024
$890K
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Vice President Human Resources & CHRO · FY2024
$765K
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Vice President Finance/Controller (part Year Through October 2024) · FY2024
$748K
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Vice President Gvch & Rehabilitation Services · FY2024
$743K
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Vice President Research & Chief Research Officer · FY2024
$736K
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Vice President, Ambulatory Services · FY2024
$623K
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Vice President Patient Care Services & Cno · FY2024
$584K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org