Aminah West Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

As Director of Client Relations, I ensure that client needs, interests and myriad stakeholders are understood and translated through the end-to-end design process.

Strategic investment, advisory and consulting for individuals and growing organizations across health care, financial services, real estate and not-for profit sectors.

As a Strategy & Operations consultant, I advised the CEO, board and start up team on legal operating structure, health care start- up, mission, vision, and values; product and service design and delivery, stakeholder engagement and social impact programming.Produced and hosted a sold-out NY Times film screening and panel with leading industry experts and domestics and international attendees, highlighting the bio-psycho-social dimensions and determinants of mental health and bringing local, national and international visibility to the Organization and it's mission.Singula Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization comprised of a team of clinicians, engineers, neuroscientists, and clinical researchers dedicated to building a precision medicine health care clinic, clinical research institute, and social impact community. We are integrating concepts from the fields of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience, and using data-assisted technological innovations to help inform clinical practice for the individual patient.

Uniondale, Ny, Us

As the SVP of Strategy & Business Development, I was both internal and external facing, leading the development and implementation of strategic operations excellence, marketing and growth initiatives for the enterprise, including same store growth, DeNovo site launches and the acquisition and integration of new specialists, practices and geographies. Prepared the business for sale and pitched to 20 different private equity groups along with the CEO, ultimately achieving a 12X exit to Private Equity. Health Plus Management, LLC leads the market in providing management solutions for private practice physicians, providing independent physicians the administrative services, back office infrastructure and operations to start and grow a thriving private practice.

Uniondale, Ny, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

A member of Yardstick's executive Leadership team, I developed and led client end-to-end service engagements from business case to business development and sales, through strategy and implementation, managing consulting staff and client relationships at all levels. - Engaged by the President & Board a DC based University System to develop, implement and execute an organizational effectiveness assessment. Interviewed 50 high level stakeholders and electronically surveyed the entire population of University staff, faculty and students on perceptions of organizational effectiveness. Presented findings to the board along seven organizational effectivenessdimensions (Mission &Vision, Strategic Planning, Organizational Structure, Leadership &Governance, Culture, Systems & Processes, Skills & Competencies) with key insights andrecommendations adopted to achieve major structural, cultural, personnel and process change. - Developed and deployed student recruitment strategies for major national k-12 school systems and universities resulting in award winning student recruitment and retention outcomes. Yardstick Learning is a management consulting firm dedicated to building internal capabilities within mission-driven organizations with an emphasis on organizational effectiveness, operational leadership and change management services. Yardstick's clients include Fortune 500 companies, Public School Districts, Charter Management Organizations, Universities, Publishers, Television Networks, Mid-Size companies and Nonprofits. We currently operate in fourteen states and six countries.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Anthem, Inc. is one of the nation's leading health benefits companies and a Fortune Top 50 company, serving more than 67 million people through its affiliated companies and health plans.• Led end-to-end engagement to successfully negotiate and harness $30MM annual run rate savings on a $200MM annual vendor service contract.• Led CEO and executive team of $1B subsidiary to achieve operational independence from WellPoint and harness niche value. • Drove effort to assess and improve $40MM annual RN health coaching programs, achieving over $2.5M in Cost of Care savings for 2014.• Developed and implemented Change Management and Launch Readiness tools and processes to support execution of Provider Collaboration growth strategy.• Led design and implementation of a new Care Management model to move P&L ownership and operations from Enterprise to local Health Plans.• Led revamp of nurse coaching methodology, training, and incentives to improve service quality and health outcomes for patients with chronic conditions.Evolved the MBA recruiting efforts for the group, growing a nascent summer internship program into a prominent demonstration of recruiting best practice for other business areas and HR. Identified as a top performing Manager by the WellPoint Emerging Leaders Program and chosen by the COO to be coached for fast-track, executive leadership.

Haverford Valley LLC is a private investment fund with a dedicated venture philanthropy focus on social impact investments in health, education and entrepreneurship in emerging economies.• Led the creation, launch and growth of billion dollar online retailer's social impact platform for ultra-small, US based businesses. Drove strategy and business development for a portfolio of international and domestic social venture and philanthropy projects, centered around education, agricultural development and computer literacy. • Developed and implemented impact/outcomes measures and metrics for social ventures across the portfolio.

Worldwide, Oo

• Spearheaded an e-Business transformation effort to define and segment a large, Federal financial service client’s future operating model.• Implemented a revenue cycle audit for a Hospital client to identify and correct workflow errors impacting patient care and billing accuracy.• Coordinated clinical IT workflow development and training design and delivery for an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation within a regional hospital network.• Led a campaign to streamline procurement and IT integration across the Military Health System. • Managed the development of key programming and relationships with Management Leadership for Tomorrow's Career Prep program (a prominent, external, talent development firm) establishing a pipeline to support diversity recruiting targets at Deloitte.Deloitte provides industry-leading audit, consulting, tax, and advisory services to many of the world’s most admired brands, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across 20 industries.

Midvale, Ut, Us

• Worked in Southern Africa to develop a platform and product market for Worldstock, Overstock's Fair Trade marketplace in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia.• Spearheaded CSR efforts and fair trade partnerships in Southern African target markets.• Led the funding and development of 4 resource generating, IT and vocational training centers in Sudan.Overstock is an online retailer that offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory distribution channel. The company’s Worldstock Fair Trade platform sources and sells quality hand made products from global artisans, which supports sustainable livelihoods, while returning corporate profits in the form of philanthropic, sustainable development projects around the world.

Worldwide, Oo

As the first ever college intern in the company's D.C. area, Commercial Strategy & Operations practice, I completed summer internships with Deloitte Consulting after my sophomore and junior years at Stanford.• Joined a Merger and Acquisition's team to lead two top 50 Financial Services clients through an asset swap. Developed and implemented a post-merger Travel and Expense policy and program for ~8,000 impacted employees.• Led a work stream in the implementation of a Claims Editing System for a leading health insurer. • Supported development of diversity recruiting & career development programs for women and minorities, both of which would become areas of extra-curricular focus over 4 years of internship plus full-time work with Deloitte.

Mba, Leadership & Change Mgmt, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Mba - International Exchange

B.S., Science Technology & Society- Management Science & Engineering

International Field Study- Hiv/Aids