Katherine brings a thoughtful, structured, and data-informed approach to complex healthcare engagements. She has a strong ability to bring structure to ambiguity and help clients navigate multifaceted challenges with clarity and focus. Her work focuses on aligning academic and clinical missions through practical strategies for workforce development, medical education growth, institutional partnerships, and sustainable operating and financial models. She has led multifaceted planning efforts that integrate stakeholder perspectives throughout university and health system environments. Clients value Katherine's sound judgment, strong organization, collaborative approach, and ability to build trust among stakeholder groups while developing clear, practical recommendations that support informed decisions and effective implementation.
At ECG, Katherine advises academic health systems, universities, teaching hospitals, and emerging schools of medicine on complex clinical workforce, strategic, and business planning priorities. These efforts established multiyear priorities and translated institutional goals into clear frameworks for decision-making and implementation. Katherine’s particular strength is guiding multistakeholder efforts where organizational interests, governance structures, financial relationships, and workforce needs must be considered together. Her recent experience includes shaping new medical school affiliation and institutional models and supporting program design and accreditation readiness. Katherine has developed GME growth strategies, clinical workforce pipelines, and succession approaches. Her work has also advanced technology-enabled solutions for learner placement and capacity planning. Additionally, she has assessed and redesigned complex funding relationships across medical schools, health systems, and clinical enterprises, using benchmarking, financial modeling, stakeholder input, and leading practices to improve transparency and better connect academic priorities with the broader health system strategy.
