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Staff
- Marilyn Schlein Kramer, Executive Director, The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
- Heather Mills, Campaign Associate, The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
Marilyn Schlein Kramer, Executive Director, The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
Marilyn Schlein Kramer brings over 20 years of experience and leadership in the health care industry to The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence. She has a history of successfully building companies from the ground up and a strong discipline in achieving results. Marilyn has extensive experience in health care and a commitment to patient education and advocacy.
Before taking the helm at the Partnership, Marilyn was President and Chief Executive Officer of DxCG, Inc., a Boston-based health care information technology company. In that role, Marilyn created a leading health care predictive modeling company by transforming government-funded, public-domain content into proprietary intellectual property. She led the strategic planning and execution of the company’s mission to promote fair and efficient health care.
During her tenure, the DxCG user community expanded from 10 organizations to more than 300 organizations representing Fortune 500 employers, health plans, state and Federal agencies as well as hospital and physician provider groups. Under Marilyn’s leadership, DxCG grew from two to nearly 50 employees as the company expanded its products and services and was twice named to the "Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts" by the Boston Business Journal.
Prior to joining DxCG, Marilyn was Vice President of Planning and Product Management at The Codman Research Group, Inc. and Director of Marketing at GMIS, Inc. Earlier in her career, Marilyn was an employee benefits consultant at Mercer and a management consultant to hospitals with APM, Inc. She began her career as an administrator at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Marilyn has authored articles published by leading health care trade publications, holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Marilyn lives in Beverly, Massachusetts with her husband and their two children.
Heather Mills, Campaign Associate, The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence
Heather Mills is the campaign associate at the Partnership for Healthcare Excellence. She has worked on a number of statewide issue-based campaigns as well as presidential campaigns.
Most recently, Heather worked on the sales and marketing campaign for the Commonwealth Health Connector to help inform the uninsured residents in Massachusetts about the new health care reform law which required they obtain health insurance. Heather developed a range of educational materials, fact sheets, letters to the editors, videos, posters and "tell a friend" emails to raise awareness about the law. She also organized testimonials by newly insured individuals to help put a personal face on health care reform and promoted their stories with the local media. The campaign has significantly increased the number of insured in Massachusetts and the health care reform law has attracted national attention.
Heather honed her skills in communicating public policy issues while working on a British campaign to join the European single currency. Working for a UK government minister she researched the benefits to the UK of European Union membership, and advised on partners and messaging to communicate the government's message on Europe.
Heather has also served as a research analyst in the Massachusetts State House for Senator James Marzilli. She earned her Masters from the London School of Economics and her BA from Tufts University.