Advisors
Ignite Health’s Advisors are healthcare industry experts working in organizations representing providers, payors, health technology, medical devices, academia, venture capital, and advisory services – legal and consulting. Advisors serve as mentors, judges, discussion leaders to support Ignite Health’s programs to discover, connect, and accelerate the success of health tech startups led by women.
Advisors
Tamara Neuhaus, MD
Ob/Gyn, Strategic Advisor to Startups, Former Chief Medical Officer, The Cusp
Myra Davis
Chief Information Innovation Officer, Texas Children's Hospital
Jeff Carnrite
Partner, Carnrite Ventures
Deb Gage
Board Member/Strategic Consultant, Former CEO, Medecision
Kelli Newman, APR
President, Newman and Newman, Inc.
Erin Henkel
Chief Design Officer, NOCD
Hillary Biskner, MBA, FACHE
Founder & Managing Partner, HBH Strategy, Former VP, Head of Product, Cerner Corporation
Stephanie Fertig
HHS Small Business Program Lead at The National Institutes of Health
Bill Turpin
VP North America / CardMedic, TMCi Advisor
Ashkara Reddy
Senior Vice President, Consumer Health Solutions, Baylor Scott & White
Sara Brand, PhD
Founding General Partner, True Wealth Ventures
Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH
Chief Clinical Advisor, Carehive Health, Former Medical Director, 23andMe
Michelle Stansbury
Vice President, Innovation and IT Applications, Houston Methodist
Roberta Schwartz, PhD
Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Houston Methodist Hospital
Heidi Schwarzwald, MD, MPH
VP and CMO of Provider Network, Aetna a CVSHealth Company
Kassity Mai
Associate, Cooley, LLP
Ken Janda
Founder and Principal, Wild Blue Health Solutions, Former President/CEO Community Health Choice
M. Justin Coffey, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Workout Health
David Bradshaw
Managing Partner, WayPoint Healthcare Solutions, LLC, Former, Sr VP Consumer and Employer Solutions, Cerner Corporation
Kerry Rupp
General Partner, True Wealth Ventures
Devin Dunn
Head, HealthTech Accelerator, Texas Medical Center Innovation
Dan Jenson
Founder & CFO, CardioOne
Scott Talbot
Partner, Cooley LLP
Karen Deschaine
Partner, Cooley LLP
Alyssa Reisner
Lead Director and Principal, CVS Health Ventures
Stefanie Diaz
Sr. Manager, Industry Discovery & Venture, Catalyst by Wellstar
Jay Goss
General Partner, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health
Craig Cordola
Executive Vice President, Ascension Capital
Tray Cockerell
Chief Growth Officer, Patient Care Intervention Center, President and CEO, High Potential Consulting, LLC, Former Strategic Relationship Executive, Humana
Winji Miao
SEVP, Chief Operating Officer, Texas Health Resources
Jeff Davis, MD
Founder and CEO at Exploring 4 Solutions, LLC and Retired NASA Director
Angela Shippy, MD, MHA, FACP, FHM
Senior Physician Executive & Clinical Innovation Lead for Nonprofit Health, AWS
Amanda Hammel
SVP, Chief Information Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System
Lance Black, MD, MBID
Senior Medical Director, 3ive Labs
Steph Carlton
Partner, McKinsey & Company
David H. Berger, MD, MHCM
CEO, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Professor of Surgery and Public Health, SUNY
Kathryn Peek, PhD
Managing Director | Golden Seeds Early-Stage Investment Firm, Member | GS Healthcare Sector Group
Irene Helsinger, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
Managing Director | Leadership Team | Human Capital Practice Leader, NewPort, LLC
Patricia Gail Bray, PhD
President, Westlake Consulting, Founding Director, BridgeUp at Menninger Center
Sheila Bangelore
Venture Partner, SpringTide Ventures
Brad Otto
Principal at SpringTide Ventures
Becca Shmukler
Principal | Laerdal Million Lives Fund
Susan (Susie) Distefano
Consultant & Leadership Coach, Consultant & Leadershio Coach Distefano Consulting, LLC
Andrew J. Truscott
Global Health Technology Lead, Accenture
Margaret B. Row, MD, MBA, FACP
Former Chief Oncology, Summit Health, Former VP Clinical Operations, MD Anderson Cancer Network
Samir Batra
BAHA Enterprises: Founder & CEO, HIP: Managing Partner
Ini Ekiko Thomas
VP, Information Technology, Memorial Hermann Health System
Laurie Levermann, MHA
Chief information Officer, Community Health Choice
Karen Hill, SVP, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Texas Children's Health Plan
Kim Schwartz
Managing Director – Healthcare Technology, Accenture
Amanda Ebbighausen Bernal
Managing Director - Digital Health, Accenture
Catherine Mitchell
Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, Optum
Will Krawczyk
Director, New Ventures & Commercialization, Banner Health
Anna Zornosa
Advisor, Entrepreneur, Investor, Entrepreneur in Residence, NIH Seed Fund
Nada O. Hanafi, MSc. MPH
Senior Vice President – Regulatory Strategy, Veranex
Barb Cross
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Vice President, Product & Strategy
