Career Brief
Robert T. Maruca (Rob) brings more than 25 years of experience in health care services, operations and policy to the District of Columbia. He joined the Department of Health in September 2003 from the New Mexico Homeland Security Office, where he worked since February 2003. Prior to this position, Mr. Maruca served as State Medicaid Director in the New Mexico Human Services Department, which provided health services to 380,000 eligible Medicaid beneficiaries. In this role, Mr. Maruca developed policy for all state Medicaid programs and activities and had direct oversight of a $2 billion annual budget and staff of 140.

From 1990 to 2000, Mr. Maruca served as the chief executive officer of the Children’s Hospital of New Mexico, a 126-bed primary and tertiary care facility, and concurrently as the administrator of the Carrie Tingley Hospital, a 30-bed pediatric rehabilitation hospital that is part of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. Prior to these positions, Mr. Maruca served as the administrator and chief operating officer of a university-affiliated, 300-bed military medical center and also held staff and policy positions with the Department of Defense and the US Army Surgeon General.

Mr. Maruca holds a Master of Science in personnel management and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Arizona and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Gonzaga University.

Other Activities
Mr. Maruca has participated in national health care planning initiatives, both as the chair and as a member of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Governing Board on Maternal and Child Health and as a member of the AHA Regional Planning Board. He has also held leadership positions with the University of New Mexico Children’s Medical Advisory Board, the Albuquerque Public Schools Health and Human Services Planning Committee, and the Bernalillo County Maternal and Child Health Care Planning Council.