Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Nicole Christian Brathwaite, who works with under-served children and families in the area of mental health.  Dr. Christian Brathwaite is concerned about the mental health of children today in particular those who are experiencing trauma which may come from discrimination, racism, as well as other impacts from this pandemic.  Her first most important mentor was her mom, oriented towards social justice and action.  There may have been issues of financial instability but that did not prevent actions like forming organizations to help and support others who have rights. These early beginnings give Nicole constant perspective of what it looks like to not have.  And she doesn’t take that for granted.  Over the course of her career, she has purposefully sought mentors who could provide knowledge or experience she wanted but did not yet have.   And to do her best work, she is a huge proponent of self-care.  She might not be expert at that yet, but she is working on it.

Nicole Christian Brathwaite, MD | Senior Vice President and Medical Director, Scheduled Care and AtHome at Array Behavioral Care

I am committed to working with under-served children and families both locally and globally.

I am Medical Director and SVP of Array Behavioral Care’s AtHome and Scheduled Care Divisions. Array Behavioral Care (formerly InSight + Regroup) is the leading and largest telepsychiatry service provider in the country with a mission to transform access to quality, timely behavioral health care. Array offers telepsychiatry solutions and services across the continuum of care from hospital to home with its OnDemand Care, Scheduled Care and AtHome Care divisions. For more than 20 years, Array has partnered with hundreds of hospitals and health systems, community healthcare organizations and payers of all sizes to expand access to care and improve outcomes for underserved individuals, facilities and communities. As an industry pioneer and established thought leader, Array has helped shape the field, define the standard of care and advocate for improved telepsychiatry-friendly regulations

I am the CEO of Well Minds Consulting Company. Well Minds Consulting is a multifaceted organization dedicated to advising schools and educators on how to better understand and support youth with mental illness. We provide psychiatric expert witness support and testimony as well as implicit bias, trauma sensitive, and mental health training for schools and businesses

www.wellmindsconsulting.com 

You can follow Dr, Nicole Christian Brathwaite on LinkedIn

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Corbin Petro and Jessica Gelman, founders and CEOs of Eleanor Health and Kraft Analytics Group respectively.  As a married couple, Corbin and Jess jokingly refer to themselves as Team CJ, yet their drive and passion for growing their companies is anything but a joke.  There may be fewer female CEOs in their respective tech focused sectors – healthcare and sports analytics – however, both are used to pushing boundaries.  Which requires fortitude and hard work.  In the career stages of learning, earning and returning, both Corbin and Jess are determined to not wait until the end for the “returning” phase and recognize their unique position as role models.  Working hard and helping others seems to be the Team CJ approach.  And when asked about the future for women in their respective fields, they also recognize there is still a long way to go – “how much better do women need to be?” – yet they share optimism that we are on the right path.

Corbin Petro is an experienced CEO, industry leader, and entrepreneur with a mission-driven, analytic approach to innovation. She is the CEO and co-founder of Eleanor Health, providing evidence-based, whole person care specializing in addressing the unique complexities of individuals and populations with substance use disorder and mental health needs. Eleanor Health leverages proprietary technology and data-driven insights, compassionate teams, and value-based payment to deliver superior clinical and financial outcomes.

Prior to Eleanor Health, Corbin was the founding CEO of Benevera Health, a payer-provider JV and population health company. Corbin has an extensive background in healthcare including as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Massachusetts Department of Medicaid (MassHealth), a $13 billion agency providing health care to 1.4 million Massachusetts residents, advising a US Senator on health reform, and roles at Bain and Company, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Consulting, and American Management Systems.

Corbin is passionate about improving health for vulnerable populations, equity for women and other marginalized groups, and animal rights. She is co-chair of the board of visitors of Fenway Health, and on the boards of Reaching Out and the Eleanor Health Foundation. As a former collegiate distance runner, she enjoys long distance running and biking, and has completed 5 marathons and biked solo, self-supported across the country. She is active in local and regional politics, currently serving as the Chair and Treasurer of a campaign for Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor.

She was honored as one of fifteen healthcare executives under 40 named a 2018 Up and Comer by Modern Healthcare. She received a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jessica Gelman is an experienced CEO, industry leader, and entrepreneur with a data-driven, customer-centric approach and intrinsic ability to define what is next.

As a founder of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference & Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), she has a track record of delivering results by building high performance teams, identifying business challenges through analytics, and defining the path forward through data and technology.  She is widely respected for her impact on the sports industry.

Expert in building businesses, identifying growth opportunities, defining strategy and driving plans to successful completion. A proven leader who empowers teams.

2014 Forty Under 40: Sports Business Journal

Corbin and Jess are married, have two sons, and reside in the greater Boston area.

You can follow both Corbin and Jess on LinkedIn HERE and HERE.

Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Abby Sears, President and CEO of OCHIN, a nonprofit health care innovation center designed to provide knowledge solutions that promote quality, affordable health care for all.  Early on Abby learned she had a passion for business and science.  Then someone opened the door to leadership.  Every day Abby feels a responsibility to honor that opportunity, for her employees, her members, her supportive network which includes her board.  More than ever, Abby believes that team members/employees should not be forced to separate their professional life from their personal life.  She spent years leading OCHIN taking calls from the soccer field or the parking lot of where she was picking up her kids.  Having to choose family over career was never a choice she was willing to make and if that means getting your work done with your toddler or your dog by your side, so be it.  What started out as a grant project, laden with stigma and obstacles, Abby has built a sustainable business which was required to ensure that she could provide premiere systems to support the needs of Medicaid populations and the uninsured.  And having data matters.  With data, Abby and OCHIN have been able to pinpoint key equity issues during this pandemic like vaccine availability to vulnerable populations and with that, support policy changes.  Abby is incredibly optimistic that we can build sustainable systems and realize OCHIN’s vision of providing ”quality, affordable healthcare for all”.

Abby Sears | President & Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer, Abby Sears is responsible for the overall strategy and executive leadership at OCHIN. Abby has been with OCHIN since its inception and has helped grow the organization nationally, focusing on building a learning organization that supports the transformation of healthcare through the use of data and technology. A prominent national speaker and HIT advisor with over 15 years of healthcare expertise, she is focused on building a premier information and technology network leveraging Health IT products, services, and the use of practice-based research to help community practices nationwide achieve federal and industry standards for healthcare delivery, quality, and cost control.

Abby was appointed to the federal Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) for a three-year appointment, starting in January of 2020, where she will work to help elevate the voices of the patients and providers in historically underserved communities throughout the nation. HITAC advises policy makers on how to safely advance electronic access, exchange, and use of health information nationwide.

In 2012, Abby was named CEO of the Year for Nonprofits in Oregon by the Portland Business Journal. She holds an MBA and MHA, both from the University of Minnesota.

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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Ann Barnes, CEO of IMO a healthcare company focused on data and insights.  Ann has purposefully built her teams to focus on diversity because this simply makes sense for her business.  She encourages other leaders to move from the discussion of DEI to doing the work of DEI.  As a senior leader she also believes it is both an imperative and a responsibility to pay it forward.  Early on she was struck by how few seats there were for women at senior tables and today she is committed to ensuring there are more of them.

Ann Barnes, Chief Executive Officer

Ann Barnes joined IMO in 2018 as Chief Executive Officer, leading the company’s day-to-day operations. In November 2008, she joined MedData as Vice President of Client Services and rose quickly to the position of Chief Operating Officer. In February 2013, Ann was promoted to President, then to CEO soon after. She also served on their Board of Directors.

Prior to MedData, Ann was Executive Vice President for the student loan division of Wachovia Bank, she led a national sales force for New Horizons Computer Learning, and held leadership roles with Avolent, an enterprise software solution for electronic bill payments.

Ann is a graduate of the University of the Pacific in San Francisco where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Marketing.

You can follow Ann on LinkedIn.

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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Stacey Vanek Smith, acclaimed business and economics correspondent for NPR and author of Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition and Win the Workplace.  Stacey recognizes that we are in a powerful moment right now with a convergence of forces that has the potential to be very good for women.  She turns to the unlikely hero of Machiavelli to write this women’s power playbook recognizing the clarity that comes when you remove the emotion of gender disparity issues.  Women may make 15% less in certain areas, and while that’s wrong, that also means there is 15% more on the table somewhere, now how do I go get it?  Stacey tackles tough and relatable issues with precise guidance from 500 years ago.  The combination of humor, wit, and personal stories tied to history lessons makes Machiavelli for Women one of the best business books I have read in quite some time and the top gift for my daughter this coming holiday!

Stacey Vanek Smith, Co-Host, The Indicator from Planet Money; Correspondent, Planet Money

Author, Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition and Win the Workplace

Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of NPR’s The Indicator from Planet Money. She’s also a correspondent for Planet Money, where she covers business and economics. In this role, Smith has followed economic stories down the muddy back roads of Oklahoma to buy 100 barrels of oil; she’s traveled to Pune, India, to track down the man who pitched the country’s dramatic currency devaluation to the prime minister; and she’s spoken with a North Korean woman who made a small fortune smuggling artificial sweetener in from China.

Prior to coming to NPR, Smith worked for Marketplace, where she was a correspondent and fill-in host. While there, Smith was part of a collaboration with The New York Times, where she explored the relationship between money and marriage. She was also part of Marketplace‘s live shows, where she produced a series of pieces on getting her data mined.

Smith is a native of Idaho and grew up working on her parents’ cattle ranch. She is a graduate of Princeton University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature and creative writing. She also holds a master’s in broadcast journalism from Columbia University.

You can follow Stacey on LinkedIn, her website, or Twitter.

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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Rona Matthew, a leading woman in marketing and entertainment and currently a senior product marketing manager at TikTok.  Rona’s career has already been an adventure from when she started at Howard University to spending eight years in South Africa leading her own brand agency.  Being part of the majority, surrounding herself with other creatives has been very meaningful to Rona, so when she decided to “upskill” and go to Columbia Business School she had to develop a new network.  Finding her tribe and being a leader today at TikTok’s black employee resource group is important to Rona.  As a woman, a woman of color, Rona knows she is part of a small community in the workplace and affinity groups are just not enough.  Rona is pleased that TikTok took her advice to begin recruiting from HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) as an important step to creating a more diverse workforce.  With her work, Rona aims to sustain artists and creatives and she is just getting started.

Rona Matthew is a Product Marketing Manager at TikTok where she drives the development, positioning, and sales of the company’s marquee advertising product, the Branded Hashtag Challenge.

She’s an accomplished marketing professional, collaboration facilitator, and dealmaker with a passion for creating and growing meaningful brands in tech, CPG, media and entertainment. Rona started her career in branding and advertising in Johannesburg, South Africa. While in Johannesburg, she founded a brand consulting company, Brandpulse and also led business development at Bamboo Network, a brand innovation firm. Rona has worked with a number of budding start-ups and multinationals including Spotify, IBM, Unilever, 3M, BET, Ericsson, and Pernod Ricard.

Rona holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Marketing from Howard University.

You can follow Rona on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Dana Zanone, a family medicine physician who has been implementing technology solutions for most of her career.  Now she wants physicians to have less time with the computer and much more of it focused on the more important work of being a physician – time with the patient.  Dana is a self-described “click-counter” and knows how valuable that time with patients can be.  She also shares how patients can get lost in the system and her own very personal experience with mental illness in her family.  Talking about these topics is important to Dana to remove stigma and to find solutions.

Dana Zanone,MD VICE PRESIDENT, HIO, ADVENTIST HEALTH

Dr. Dana Zanone is a health information physician with experience in implementing and optimizing EMR for Epic, Allscripts Enterprise and Professional, and Nextgen for greater than 12 years. She was the chief medical information officer during large-scale implementation of >130 clinics using a cooperative team-building approach between IT and organizational leaders. Zanone also coordinated the development of a physician builder program, and development of policies and procedures for all aspects of the project for the outpatient workflows. She also supported and adapted the analytics for organizational goals in Meaningful Use Stage 1 and 2 and implemented accountable care organization metrics and population health management into the Epic EMR.

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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Janet Dillione.  Janet is an incredibly accomplished executive in healthcare that is focused, at this stage of her career, on leaving healthcare better than when she found it.  As she reflects on key pivot points in her storied career, Janet has learned that progression is not a ladder and that careers are not linear.  Learning, working with a team, being at Phase 0 when starting something new are all energizing to Janet and have led to other opportunities.  And as Janet reflects on the industry today, she is very optimistic about the talent coming into healthcare.  When we all know the denominators, having this level of creativity to solve complex problems is something that she is inspired by as she continues to enjoy the ride!

Janet is: a proven CEO with experience building innovative strategies and strong teams that transform businesses for sustained growth and profitability. Throughout my career, I have always looked for opportunities where technology can support patients and clinicians by helping to solve long-standing issues in the delivery of care. As I like to share with my teams, we are compelled to “leave it better than we found it.”

With leading roles in both large-scale global businesses as well as start-up scenarios, I am a dynamic leader who knows how to effectively instill a customer- and market-centric culture within an organization to drive the business forward.

As a champion of sustainable and differentiated innovation, my experience managing the complexities of global deployments and FDA-regulated products extends to businesses across North America, Europe and Asia with companies developing solutions that have been sold into diverse markets including the Federal market in the US.

Throughout my career progression, I have been a frequent presenter at industry conferences and have authored dozens of articles for multiple healthcare publications. Since 2015, I have served as a member of the Board of Directors for CorMedix, and in 2019, also joined the Board of CortiCare.

Additionally, I continue to provide strategic advisory services to several private equity firms that are assessing M&A opportunities, strategic expansion, or repositioning of current portfolio assets.

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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Katie Goodman.  Katie is a podcast host, an influencer (in the world of soccer), a business owner, a yoga instructor, PR consultant and several other things.  In other words, a millennial!  Katie graduated from Mississippi State and spent a few years in “big girl jobs” and learned that being in a cubicle just wasn’t for her.  She did learn that she was a business person.  Katie has been influenced by Ikigai, a Japanese concept that means your ‘reason for being”.   She began putting her business background to work with a number of her personal interests that she found deeply purposeful.  What started out as a lot of hustling, has turned into a series of opportunities such as Katie’s current work as a podcast host of Tidal League FC as well as Our Cup of Tea. 

Katie discusses what it means to be a millennial today and how she thinks about career progression.  She is unafraid to take on learning new skills and try out her new business ideas knowing that they will not always work out.  Katie Goodman is going places and don’t be surprised if you see her reporting on ESPN some

Katie Goodman:  Podcast Host, Influencer, Yoga and Wellness, PR and Production Management.

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Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Patrice Harris.  Dr. Harris speaks about what it means to be the first, one of the first, the only …..African American woman in so many spaces.  She has always gravitated to where the decisions are being made and if she sees something that is not working, she feels this is usually a place where she wants to get involved and shape the direction.  Her views on leadership are simply – this is where the work gets done.  In her current role as CEO and founder of a digital health company, she is quite clear that with all the promise in the innovation space today – separating out the hype is key.  Being HYPER vigilant when it comes to healthcare is critical – why?  It’s about patients’ lives.  Period.  So disrupt with care and get out of your own bubble.

Inspiring Women Book Club/Article:  Nice Girls Don’t Ask (Harvard Business Review, 2003)

Dr. Patrice A. Harris is board-certified in psychiatry and has diverse experience as a private practicing physician, public health director and patient advocate. In 2019, Dr. Harris was elected as the 174th President of the American Medical Association, the first African-American woman to ever hold the position.

Dr. Harris’ life is marked by her passion to improve the lives of children and communities around her, especially communities of color. She is a recognized expert in children’s mental health and childhood trauma, leading both local and national efforts to integrate public health, behavioral health and primary care services. She has received numerous awards in recognition of her service and leadership.

Upon completing her term as President of the AMA, Dr. Harris has continued in private practice. She regularly consults with public and private organizations on health service delivery and emerging trends in health policy. She is a Visiting Professor at Columbia University, an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Harris is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

You can follow Dr. Patrice Harris on LinkedIn.

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