“We’re very Orange County-centric,” says Steve Muzzy of his original nuclear family, which includes his parents, Jim and Pam, and two brothers. In the 1980s, the Muzzys began their long history of support for their community hospital, Hoag. Since then, their philanthropic gifts, which include funding for fellowships and specialized endowed chairs, have helped elevate Hoag from community hospital to regional leader.
“Hoag has been able to attract the best doctors in whatever specialty the hospital deems is needed, and it's just amazing,” said Steve, who is vice chair of the Hoag Hospital Foundation Board and a collaborative decision-maker in the Muzzy family’s philanthropy. “Hoag makes it very easy for us to support the things that we have identified that we want to support,” he said.
The Muzzy family's engagement with Hoag doesn’t end with Steve and his brothers; Steve’s son, Tommy, is a development officer for the Hoag Hospital Foundation, and his daughter-in-law McKenna is a nurse in Hoag’s neonatal intensive care unit, each contributing in their own way to excellence at Hoag.
“The greatest thing about Hoag Hospital is that we have what we have right now due to philanthropic support from the community, and that support continues to grow over time,” said Steve, a Coto de Caza resident who appreciates the proximity of Hoag’s Sun Family Campus in Irvine. “With the expansion, we’re going to reach even more people.”
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