Cardamom®, a minority-owned, technology-forward health IT professional services company specializing in data, analytics, AI, and applications, is pleased to announce the addition of two members to its Board, Lisa Bielamowicz, MD, and Airica Powell-Steed, Ed.D.
Bielamowicz and Powell-Steed each bring unique perspectives as well as decades of healthcare expertise and leadership that will support and guide Cardamom in its next phase of growth.
Dr. Lisa Bielamowicz is one of the nation’s leading healthcare strategists, with an extensive career’s worth of experience advising industry executives about the future marketplace and impact on their organizations, with a focus on serving America’s largest health systems. Lisa is known for being able to distill actionable insights from complex and conflicting market forces, with unparalleled understanding of healthcare markets and provider dynamics.
As the co-founder and former president of Gist Healthcare, a strategic advisory service providing guidance to healthcare industry leaders, as well as the former chief medical officer and senior vice president at the Advisory Board Company, she brings energetic, provocative discussion to every forum she leads, having advised hundreds of executive teams and boards of directors over the past two decades. “Cardamom is in a unique position to be able to help health systems on both operations and strategy. We can help them navigate an explosion of technology innovation and fully embrace the “AI era” of healthcare while making their technology operations more efficient, lower cost, and return greater value,” said Bielamowicz. “I’m very excited to work with Vivek and the team he has built. Their drive, vision, and relationships across the industry put the company in a position to transform the health systems they work with. Plus, I challenge anyone to find a more mission-driven and just plain fun group of leaders!”
Dr. Airica Powell-Steed is an internationally recognized healthcare executive, CEO, corporate board director, and fourth generation nurse whose career has been dedicated to transforming healthcare and improving the lives of the people it serves. Guided by both professional expertise and personal purpose, she is passionate about harnessing innovation, technology, and human-centered leadership to improve health outcomes, eliminate disparities, and create healthier communities.
As the former president and CEO of one of the nation’s largest public health systems and a former Big Four healthcare management consultant, Dr. Powell-Steed has led some of the country’s most complex healthcare organizations through enterprise transformation, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in financial improvement while delivering breakthrough gains in quality, patient safety, operational excellence, and population health. Dr. Powell-Steed currently serves as CEO of Breakthrough Innovation Partners, where she advises health systems, healthcare technology companies, investors, and emerging organizations on enterprise strategy, governance, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, value-based care, and sustainable growth. “Healthcare is entering one of the most transformative periods in its history, and organizations need partners like Cardamom that can translate data, AI, and emerging technologies into tangible improvements in quality, operational performance, financial sustainability, and the patient experience,” said Dr. Powell-Steed. “What drew me to Cardamom was its focus on delivering measurable outcomes to solve real problems, as it reflects the same results-oriented leadership philosophy that has guided my career. I’m excited to help Cardamom accelerate its next phase of growth and broaden its influence across the healthcare landscape.”
“I want to thank Mark Bakken and HealthX for their support over the years and I wish them the best of luck with their mission to help promising early-stage entrepreneurs and companies. I am also super excited to welcome Airica and Lisa to our board as we begin this next phase of growth,” said Cardamom CEO Vivek Swaminathan. “Their extensive knowledge, experience, and passion for this industry will be a great addition to our board and to Cardamom as a whole. They both bring a valuable perspective that will help us navigate this ever-changing healthcare landscape and maximize the impact of the solutions we provide. Equally importantly, their devotion to our dual mission and culture makes them a great compliment to the incredible team we’ve built, and I look forward to all the great things we can do together for years to come.”
With this appointment, Mark Bakken of HealthX Ventures will depart the Board, while Bielamowicz and Powell-Steed join Valspring Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner Yumin Choi and Cardamom CEO Vivek Swaminathan as Board members.
About Cardamom
Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Cardamom is a minority-owned, technology-forward health IT professional services company serving healthcare providers, payers, and health IT organizations. With a team-based, AI- and automation-first approach focused on committed outcomes, Cardamom helps customers more effectively use data, analytics, AI, and applications to improve care quality, reduce costs, and enhance patient and provider experiences. Cardamom is also committed to growing industry talent by hiring high-potential team members without prior health IT experience and providing comprehensive training and mentorship to deliver industry-leading results. For more about Cardamom, visit https://cardamom.health.
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