Inspire is the world’s largest online health community, patient engagement and real-world data platform. More than 10 million people visit Inspire each year to learn about their conditions and find peer support. Inspire also works with leading life sciences companies to provide patient experience insights-- analyzed via AI (machine learning)--to enable medical breakthroughs. We’ve helped accelerate research progress for more than 90 diseases through these partnerships. At Inspire, I lead all patient-facing and business-facing marketing and communications. Accomplishments include leading a company rebrand including the member facing web platform Inspire.com, and business facing platform, about.Inspire.com. Created and lead in-house creative services team that provides best-in-class communications services to life sciences industry clients.

Boutique consultancy providing strategy, marketing and communications counsel to a wide range of clients. B&W's clients include the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit driving change in areas including healthcare, research, technology and digital innovation. Recruited by incoming CEO to develop a marketing strategy aligned with new organizational vision, including a new brand identity. Led team with responsibility for digital, PR, brand, content and event marketing including the globally respected Aspen Ideas Festival.

Award for excellence in communications bestowed by leading professional industry group for women in Washington, DC

CFF (annual revenue: $150M) is a pioneering research and drug development foundation that created a first-of-its-kind business model for privatizing rare disease drug R&D. Its work has led to breakthrough drugs that have added 35 years to median life expectancy--and resulted in the receipt of $3 billion for royalties on therapies it helped develop. The Foundation’s "venture philanthropy" business model is the subject of two Harvard Business School case studies, and stories in The Economist, Fortune, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, among other outlets. I built and led the team that overhauled the organization's communications strategy including brand identity, executive communications and fundraising messaging. Developed innovative digital tools for engaging patients and donors—including peer-to-peer fundraising initiative that led to online donations of $3M (up from zero).Managed wide variety of controversial PR issues including the privatization of drug development, genetic testing, and the Foundation's receipt of $3 billion for sale of drug royalty stream.

Managed digital content, executive communications, and PR, including crisis communications. Handled controversial PR issues including sale of Georgetown University Hospital to MedStar Health and served as lead spokesperson during the multi-year, controversial transaction.