Stephen A. Cesca

Founder and Principal

Stephen (Steve) Cesca founded Prisma Executive to help leaders connect strategic direction with practical execution. He brings more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience across multihospital systems, pediatric hospitals, and academic medicine.

His work spans strategic and business planning, clinical program development, delivery network expansion, physician alignment, market assessment, and strategic partnerships. He combines analytical rigor with a collaborative approach to building plans, establishing accountability, and reviewing performance.

At MemorialCare Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Long Beach Medical Center, Stephen served in strategy leadership roles, including Chief Strategy Officer. He led annual planning cycles, implemented dashboards and quarterly executive reviews, and guided campus planning.

As Executive Director at UCI Health, he led strategy and planning work across the School of Medicine and clinical enterprise (medical center and faculty practice). Earlier roles at CHOC Children’s and St. Joseph Health System included service-line market and financial analysis, business planning, and facility planning.

Steve holds an MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fullerton.