Whitney Perkins Witt
President and CEO @The Health Equity Consulting Hec Group
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WORK HISTORY
President and CEO @The Health Equity Consulting Hec Group
Leads the organization to fulfill its mission and ensures operational success.Sets strategic plans and monitors financial performance for growth.Provides mission-driven leadership to enhance strategy and efficiency.Fosters organizational relationships to ensure equitable health and social care.Acts as an ambassador, promoting health equity to eliminate inequities.Champions real-world data and advanced data analytics to promote equity.
EDUCATION
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
PhD, outcomes and quality
Hampshire College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Women's Studies
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
MPH, women’s health
Harvard Medical School
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pediatric Health Services Research
ABOUT WHITNEY PERKINS WITT
With 30 years of experience, Dr. Whitney Perkins Witt has deep expertise in primary care, community health, health innovation, health and healthcare equity, the social determinants of health (SDoH), and maternal health and mental health. She has served as an interdisciplinary senior executive, scholar, and subject matter expert at world-renowned integrated health IT companies, consulting firms, governmental organizations, and higher education institutions. Dr. Witt is passionate about improving human health and helping organizations grow. She leverages her substantive, methodological, and technical expertise in healthcare big data analytics to improve population health and reduce healthcare costs. As a leader, she approaches challenges through the lens of an entrepreneur, professor, and executive, generating multimillion-dollar revenue gains in complex situations and diverse environments.Dr. Witt’s management of operations and cost-effective P&L has positively impacted the bottom line. She effectively develops and maintains key partnerships, engages in collaborative decision-making, and fosters a culture of teamwork and transparency.A few examples of Dr. Witt\'s impact include: Delivering executive leadership across health innovation, data science, technology, health policy, and healthcare delivery organizations. Managing $89M in P&L. Raising over $5M for Lehigh University\'s College of Health in 1.5 years during COVID-19. Securing millions of federally funded research projects from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Developing award-winning healthcare digital solutions.SPECIALTIES: • Executive Leadership• Operations & Financial Management• Strategic Business Development• Health Innovation and Population Health• Primary Care and Community Health• Maternal Health and Mental HealthDr. Witt holds a Doctorate in Health Policy and Management (PhD) and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. She is also an IBM Certified Practitioner of Cognitive Solutions.
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