Treasurer
Peter Ellsworth is a noted San Diego attorney, business executive, and civic leader.
He served as president of the law firm Ellsworth, Corbett, Seitman and Mc Leod before joining Sharp Health Care as its president and CEO, where he dramatically expanded the organization into a $1 billion medical group of seven hospitals and two medical groups that cared for one third of San Diegans and became the largest private employer in the city.
In 1996 he joined the Legler Benbough Foundation as President and CEO until it was dissolved in 2020 when granting of all of the Foundation assets was completed. In 2021, he joined the Board of the Conrad Prebys Foundation where he serves as Treasurer.
Over the years, Peter served as President and as a board member of numerous local and national organization, including the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Opera, San Diego Blood Bank, Childrens Dental Health Association, Combined Organization for the Arts (COMBO),The Neurosciences Institute, and the National Committee on primary care of the National Institute of Health in Washington DC.
In addition to the Prebys board of directors, Peter serves on the board of the Burnham Center for Community Advancement, and on the advisory board of the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur at UCSD. In 2011, Peter was named Mr. San Diego by San Diego Rotary Club 33.
Peter and his wife of 68 years Doris have two children and six grandchildren.