Stephanie began her career in medical publishing at the Journal of Vascular Surgery, translating clinical research for the people who had to act on it. That work set the pattern for everything since. Good ideas rarely fail on their merits — they fail on positioning, market timing, operational readiness, or an adoption plan no one built.

Over the past 15 years, she has led product marketing, commercialization, and growth for healthcare technology companies selling into payers, providers, employers, and government programs, including Onduo (Verily/Google Life Sciences), Hello Heart, CVS Health, and Delfina Care. At CVS Health, she drove 600X growth in e-prescribing adoption and supported the national rollout of electronic prior authorization. At Delfina Care, she built the enterprise marketing and commercialization strategy that drove 3× payer adoption and 5× provider network growth, and partnered with the CEO on the narrative for a $17.3M Series A. Her work has centered on organizations improving care for Medicaid beneficiaries, maternal and child health populations, dual-eligible members, and others with complex needs.

At Athena, Stephanie leads growth and commercialization across the organization and works directly with founders, investors, and healthcare leaders through Athena Growth. She is brought in to answer the questions that decide whether a good solution ever reaches the people it was built for: Which market do we enter first? What problem are we solving? How do we earn credibility with health plans and providers? And what must be true for adoption to happen once the contract is signed?