
Visionary healthcare entrepreneur, board leader, and innovation strategist with 30+ years of executive leadership experience driving growth, transformation, and strategic innovation across healthcare, digital health, startup ecosystems, and venture-backed organizations. Proven track record as a founder, CEO, investor, board member, and mentor supporting high-growth healthcare companies from inception through commercialization and scale.
Recognized for deep expertise in healthcare innovation, governance, startup advisory, strategic partnerships, and ecosystem development. Extensive experience advising executive teams, guiding innovation portfolios, mentoring entrepreneurs, and leading board-level strategic initiatives across healthcare technology, care coordination, digital therapeutics, commercialization, and venture growth.
Highly aligned with Chair-level governance and strategic advisory roles requiring executive judgment, innovation leadership, startup ecosystem connectivity, board governance expertise, and long-term value creation.
Provide strategic governance and advisory leadership to healthcare-focused organizations driving innovation and care coordination initiatives.
Advise executive leadership on innovation strategy, organizational growth, and strategic development initiatives within the healthcare ecosystem.
Founded and leads a healthcare innovation platform focused on fostering, funding, mentoring, and accelerating healthcare startups and innovation initiatives.
Key ContributionsSupport healthcare-focused innovation and strategic business development efforts through board governance and executive advisory leadership.
Educator and mentor focused on entrepreneurship, strategic business development, innovation leadership, and startup growth.
Mentored healthcare startups and emerging founders within one of Chicago’s leading healthcare innovation ecosystems.
Co-founded and led a healthcare communications and engagement company through significant organizational growth, strategic expansion, and market leadership.
Directed strategic marketing and business positioning initiatives supporting organizational growth and market expansion.
Led company operations, business development, and long-term organizational strategy over a 13-year executive leadership tenure.