Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco, California, United States

• I lead health and AI policy, government relations, and engagement with industry coalitions, as well as lead a team responsible for our commercial and strategic partnerships, including systems integrators, consultants, cloud/hyperscaler, and ISV/TPA. I am an executive sponsor for our public sector category and growth, and support special projects as needed as part of the executive team.

Jan 2025 – Apr 2025 · 3 mos

Dec 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• I served as a voting member of the Board of Directors of the eHealth Exchange. The eHealth Exchange, a 501(c)3 non-profit, is among the oldest and largest health information networks in America and is most well-known as the principal way the federal government shares data between agencies and with the private sector. The eHealth Exchange, a network of networks, is the only network connecting healthcare providers to five federal agencies, 64 regional or state HIEs, 75 percent of all U.S. hospitals, and 85 percent of dialysis clinics running on more than 30 electronic health record (EHR) platforms. National interoperability is facilitated by one common trust agreement and a single set of APIs. Five federal agencies (Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Indian Health Service (IHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Social Security Administration) participate in the network to share patient information with private-sector healthcare partners as well as other agencies. The eHealth Exchange supports the secure exchange of the more than 12 billion patient record transactions annually.

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

• The Health Tech Talk Show is a weekly, livestreamed talk show with Kat McDavitt, Lisa Bari, and their esteemed guests. It covers health tech industry gossip, latest news, and features deep dives into founders and companies doing important work in health tech and beyond. It has been described as "potentially a cross between Chicken Shop Date and a pandemic Zoom happy hour." You can watch the show live on LinkedIn Live or catch the recording afterwards, all from the LinkedIn page here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/health-tech-talk-show/.

May 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

• I am the Board Vice President, Secretary, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Zorya Foundation. The Zorya Foundation supports women with childcare grant programs, educational support and advocacy to advance opportunities for women in the healthcare sector. Our flagship fund, the Mothers in Medicine Fund, provides flat cash grants to clinician mothers to help them pay for childcare. Our Zorya Support Fund offers cash grants to any woman working in the broad healthcare industry to help her thrive. Finally, our Zorya Opportunities Fund teams with other non-profits, associations and educational institutions to foster the next generation of women leaders in our industry.

Oct 2020 – Apr 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos · United States · Remote

• Founding CEO of Civitas Networks for Health, a national, nonprofit mission- and member-driven organization dedicated to using health information exchange, health data, and multi-stakeholder, cross-sector approaches to improve health. Our members include 170+ regional and statewide Health Information Exchanges, Quality Improvement Organizations, All-Payer Claims Databases, and other regional health improvement collaboratives, as well as the vendors and solutions providers who support them. I led the founding team who created Civitas Networks for Health and serve as the first CEO. Responsible for strategy, operations, industry leadership, communications, member growth, partnerships, and advocacy and public policy, alongside a team of subject-matter and program experts.
• Prior to the founding of Civitas Networks for Health in October 2021, I served as the interim CEO of the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC), one of the predecessor organizations to Civitas. SHIEC was a national membership organization representing 81 nonprofit, vendor neutral HIEs and their strategic business and technology partners, covering 95%+ of the U.S. population. I was selected by SHIEC’s Board of Directors to serve as the interim CEO during an important time for SHIEC’s members, as HIEs were recognized for the critical role they play in the public health infrastructure. Duties included organizational management and continuity of operations, strategic direction, member and partner relations, and advocacy and public policy.

Sep 2020 – Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Maryland, United States

• I served one four-year term as a voting member of the Board of Directors of HealthCare Access Maryland. HealthCare Access Maryland is a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency that plays a critical role in strengthening Maryland’s healthcare delivery system. Working with both government and private-sector support, HCAM helps residents enroll in public health care coverage, navigate the complex healthcare system, and connect to educational and other resources that promote the health and wellness of individuals and communities.

Sep 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 8 mos · United States · Remote

• Emphasis Health helps market, communicate, and develop regulatory and policy strategies for innovative health care.

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 · 11 mos

• On detail to the CMS Innovation Center Office of the Director to work on:
• Interagency health IT and interoperability issues, including the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
• The CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge, a $1.65 million prize competition designed to encourage AI-driven innovation to predict health outcomes and improve data feedback to Innovation Center model participants.
• The HHS Value-Based Transformation Initiative, including cross-cutting artificial intelligence/data work.

Jun 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Health IT and interoperability lead for the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model. CPC+ is the largest test of primary care payment and delivery system reform in the U.S, running from 2017-2021 and 2018-2022.
• Wrote health IT and electronic clinical quality measure reporting policy and requirements
• Established stakeholder engagement policies and practice with health IT vendors and vendor associations
• Provided skilled technical assistance to primary care practices implementing electronic health records and other health IT
• Represented the model team at key health IT industry conferences and meetings

Nov 2015 – May 2016 · 6 mos · Greater Boston

• Practicum project on new care coordination and remote patient management technology for the opioid crisis in the Commonwealth.

Jan 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area, Boston

• Consulting and project-based work for digital health startups, including growth strategies, brand/voice/positioning, online marketing, content and web assets, hiring/team building and more.
• Clients included early stage companies working in chronic disease management, health insurance communication tools, health and wellness devices and more.
• Selected clients:
• Welkin Health
• PicnicHealth
• Obeo Health

Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs · San Francisco, CA

• Executive leader and head of marketing and growth for Practice Fusion, which at the time was the largest and fastest-growing cloud based Electronic Health Records platform focused on primary care. My role and team of 30 encompassed growth/acquisition, engagement, email, marketing automation, content, social, SEO, SEM/digital, partner marketing and product marketing, direct marketing efforts. We market to doctors and medical practices as well as patients and our partner network.

Feb 2012 – Dec 2012 · 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Digital Marketing leadership and online revenue strategy.

May 2011 – Feb 2012 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Brought on to start up search marketing practice at a well-respected full service creative agency. Search clients included Virgin America (AOR) and Square. Recruited for Virgin America client side to continue and broaden my work to all digital marketing for the award-winning airline.

Apr 2010 – May 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Senior manager of top-tier international search agency. Lead a team of 10+ Account Directors and Account Executives and interfaced closely with operations. The team drove digital marketing strategy for an enterprise-level client base. Our clients primarily represented leaders in the CPG, ecommerce/retail and media industries.
• In my role I was responsible for client revenue growth and satisfaction. I worked to expand our footprint with current clients and also participated in new business prospecting and RFP creation and presentation.

May 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Strategic account lead for key Fortune 500/Global 2000 clients in the tech B2B and B2C space. Responsible for devising search account strategy across a diverse portfolio of products. Implemented complex proprietary dashboard SaaS (software as a service) including requirements-gathering and QA.
• Worked directly with the client and account delivery teams (PPC, SEO and software), to apply research, consumer and business insights and customer segmentation models for the development and execution of digital marketing strategies.
• Promoted in January 2008 and October 2009, and managed teams of up to 7 Campaign Managers and Account Directors.

May 2006 – May 2007 · 1 yr

• PPC and shopping feeds campaign manager for the largest online-only posters and prints store. Ran and analyzed complex metrics-based reporting for the CMO. Designed a shopping feed management system that tripled shopping feed output without requiring additional resources. Represented Art.com at a popular ecommerce conference as a panelist.

Jun 2004 – May 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Sold and managed portal/publisher key accounts in Germany, Austria and the UK in German and English for Pangora's white-label shopping search solution. Managed shopping feeds and relationships with Pangora's store partners.
• Doubled Pangora’s market presence in the UK through new business. Project-managed portal launches and rollouts of new SaaS features for portal clients. Drafted and edited portal and publisher contracts in both English and German.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 · 1 yr

• Strategized PR campaigns for consumer packaged goods companies and high-tech clients. Negotiated placements for clients in national and international media. Presented tactical plans and pitches to clients and agency management