I help leaders and organizations connect decisions to meaningful outcomes by removing the "fog of decision-making" that is created by uncertainty. Primarily, I help decision-makers to optimize their decisions by providing quantitative insight into uncertainty.My career began in traditional risk management where I viewed the world through the lens of an auditor. Over time I began to question if the "auditor view" of risk management actually made a difference in decision-making. Through exposure to quantitative experts in fields like actuarial science & decision science, I have come to realize that I was trying to use risk governance tools as decisions tools. Not only does this not help in decision-making, it can lead organizations to make poor decisions. I have now devoted my career to relearning how decisions are made and to applying scientific methods to support leaders to make quality decisions in the face of uncertainty. My passion for healthcare began with my personal experiences through my mother who was an operating room nurse for over 40 years, and a childhood battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Through these experiences, I saw both the triumph and tragedy of illness. As a CPA, I continued my passion for health care through a specialization in auditing of hospitals while working for Ernst & Young, LLP. My career has continued a strong course in health care both in my volunteer work for several non-profits and my time at Highmark Health in numerous roles from auditor, to risk manager, to decision and capital analyst.I have been with Highmark Health for over 15-years working in both traditional and quantitative risk management roles. Currently, I am part of the Decision & Capital Analysis Team (DCAT) where I manage the Economic Capital Model and provide quantitative insight into uncertainty.My career path from traditional risk manager to quantitative risk manager has given me insight into the shortcomings of risk governance tools when they are used as decision-making tools. I have also been successful in bringing objective perspective to decisions in uncertain environments (risk transfer decisions, economic capital, and uncertainty modeling). Finally, I have become proficient at translating business owner perspective into the language of uncertainty necessary to connect decisions to objective outcomes.Be a Risk "Mad Scientist" and have the courage to make bold decisions in the face of uncertainty by resisting making choices "from the gut". Instead, leverage quantitative analysis to make quality decisions.