I find emerging opportunities in healthcare, structure the bet, and build what works.

 

Healthcare strategy executive with a decade across payer, provider, and consumer health. 8 years at UnitedHealthcare (up to VP) advising C-Suite, running the enterprise venture program, and launching care models from scratch — then founding executive at Clay Health, building a longevity-focused business from concept to scale.

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I've spent the last decade at the intersection of "where should we play?" and "what do we actually build?" — across payer, provider, and consumer health.

I bring strategic rigor, applied technology, and product discipline together to move from insight to execution — translating ambiguity into real products and real businesses with measurable outcomes.

I'm most effective where the opportunity is clear but the path isn't — and someone needs to own the full arc from strategy through scale.

Track Record

  • 10 years across payer, provider, and consumer health — from Fortune 5 enterprise to founding a healthcare business from scratch

  • Built and led an enterprise venture program evaluating thousands of companies across digital health, AI, care models, and behavioral health

  • Designed care delivery models from concept to operation — clinics, concierge care, community health pilots

  • Two patented enterprise products still deployed and serving millions

  • Advised C-Suite on build/buy/partner decisions informing significant investment strategy

  • Scaled a startup from zero to recurring revenue with retention well above industry benchmarks

 

“One thing stood out to me about her performance and her personality: she knows how to get stuff done.”

— Jessica Dugan, Service designer (Unitedhealth group Former colleague)

 

My Approach

I start by understanding the landscape — the market dynamics, the organizational constraints, and the people the work is meant to serve.

From there, I focus on creating clarity: identifying the real opportunity, defining what matters most, and aligning teams around a shared direction. 

My approach blends strategic analysis, user insight, and product thinking with a strong bias toward execution — ensuring ideas move from concept to validation to scale.

I believe the best outcomes come from combining strategic rigor with the discipline to actually build and ship.

 

My Work

Spans founding and scaling a longevity-focused healthcare business, designing enterprise care and service experiences, and helping organizations turn ambiguous opportunities into products, platforms, and business models that deliver measurable outcomes — powered by applied technology and user-obsessed design.

  • Clay Health & Care
    Seed Stage Build · Healthcare · Growth Strategy

    Role: Role: Founding Executive — Strategy, Product & Growth

    Built longevity-focused healthcare business from concept to scale as founding executive. Owned end-to-end strategy, product definition, growth, and experience design — translating founding vision into MVP, validating through real-world member testing, and scaling to recurring revenue with retention well above industry benchmarks. Currently serving as advisor.

    Outcome:
    Recurring revenue business with retention well above industry benchmarks, multi-channel revenue strategy, and 4 care facilities across 3 markets

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  • Embedding Human-Centered Design at UnitedHealth Group
    Enterprise Digital Products · Product Platforms · Innovation

    Role: Associate Director, Human-Centered Design → VP, Innovation

    Designed two enterprise products that were patented and deployed organization-wide: member navigation tool surfacing next-best actions for call center advocates, and advocacy coaching platform improving NPS through structured development. Led cross-functional teams through research, prototyping, iteration, and handoff to engineering. Products remain in use today.

    Outcome:
    Two patents and products serving millions of members, secured board-level funding for enterprise product expansion

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  • UnitedHealthcare – Concierge Care Experience
    Enterprise Product · Member Experience · Healthcare

    Role: VP, Innovation & New Product Development

    Designed and validated concierge care partnership as a state-based pilot: structured the member experience to drive preferred provider utilization, led pilot iterations with local health plan, and built the strategic case for enterprise scale. Work directly informed a CEO-sponsored enterprise advocacy initiative.

    Outcome:
    3% actuarially significant cost reduction and measurable improvement in member outcomes

  • UnitedHealthcare Neighborhood Clinics
    Care Model Design · Public Health · Digital Health

    Role: Senior Director, Innovation & New Product Development

    Owned design and launch of care delivery product serving underserved populations. Developed care model integrating task-shifting, virtual specialist access, digital check-in, and remote care. Opened 2 ground-up facilities in <18 months and led operational iteration refining care model based on patient outcomes and business performance.

    Outcome:
    Clinics became focal point for enterprise innovation investment and contributed to state RFP wins

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  • UnitedHealthcare Accelerator
    Venture Building · Product Strategy · Health Tech

    Role: VP, Innovation & Strategy

    Built and led UnitedHealthcare’s enterprise venture program: identified, evaluated, and invested in emerging health technology companies across digital health, payments, care models, AI/ML, and behavioral health. Curated a high-performing portfolio with significant enterprise value and multiple successful exits. Structured in-market pilots coordinating across IT, operations, and business units. Program operated for 5 years under CEO sponsorship as a vehicle to inform enterprise strategic bets.

    Outcome:
    High-performing venture portfolio with significant enterprise value, multiple exits, and pilots that informed enterprise-scale strategic decisions

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  • UnitedHealthcare & AARP — Claim More: Prediabetes Engagement Pilot
    Product Innovation · Healthcare · Market Testing

    Role: Director, Human-Centered Design

    Owned product development for community-based prediabetes prevention product targeting African-American women.

    Defined and tested MVP integrating rewards, recipes, education, nudging, partnerships, and personal commitments.

    Led multiple product iterations to refine go-to-market approach and proved clinical outcomes and revenue model through in-market testing.

    Outcome:
    Validated product-market fit and business model; UHC declined to scale (non-core), AARP secured additional sponsors validating partnership approach

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Contact Me

I’m motivated by complex problems, thoughtful collaboration, and building things that meaningfully improve how people experience healthcare.  If you’re identifying new opportunities, building a new venture, or need strategic leadership that combines rigorous thinking with the discipline to actually build — I’d love to connect.