Mary Kate Scott, founder and CEO of Scott & Company and a professor of health care business and consulting at USC, joined Zócalo to chat about retail clinics and how they’re changing medical care. Scott grew up in South Africa and Australia – she keeps a large collection of wines from both countries – and has lived in Los Angeles for the last decade. “What brought me here was McKinsey,” she said, “but in part I chose Los Angeles because I sail, and you can sail year round. That was the unprofessional reason to come.” Read more about her below.
Q. What music have you listened to today?
A. Today I listened to my iPod as I was working out, and the last song I heard was Coldplay.
Q. What is your favorite word?
A. Innovation.
Q. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A. A firefighter, or a baker with my Easy-Bake Oven. They’re quite connected because I used to burn a lot of things.
Q. What is your favorite cocktail?
A. I don’t drink cocktails – I am a wine drinker.
Q. If you could take only one more journey, where would you go?
A. Machu Picchu.
Q. What is your favorite thing about Los Angeles?
A. You can sail here year round.
Q. What is your fondest childhood memory?
A. My Easy-Bake Oven.
Q. What is your most prized material possession?
A. My diamonds. They came from three different aunties, and they are two rings and an earring.
Q. What should you throw away but haven’t been able to part with?
A. Old photographs.
Q. Who is the one person living or dead you would most like to meet for dinner?
A. My mom. I never seem to spend enough time with her and I think she’s neat.
To read about Scott’s panel, click here.
*Photo by Aaron Salcido.