Cottage Hospital Update

In April 2025, Scott Wester joined Cottage Health, a not-for-profit health system providing advanced medical care on California’s Central Coast. With more than three decades of experience guiding healthcare systems, Mr. Wester brings strategic vision and proven leadership to the role and will be a champion for patient care, shared governance, operational excellence, and community engagement. 

As President and CEO, Mr. Wester now leads the system that includes Cottage hospitals in Goleta, Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley. Beyond its hospitals, Mr. Wester oversees Cottage’s primary and specialty care clinics, urgent care centers and Cottage Virtual Care.

Mr. Wester graduated magna cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and classical humanities from Saint Louis University in Missouri. He went on to earn a Master of Hospital and Health Administration degree from Xavier University in his native Cincinnati, Ohio.