Leigh Ann has great experience leading initiatives across healthcare stakeholders, including commercial payers, providers, retail pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, and patient advocacy.

Prior to joining Avalere, Leigh Ann was a director of Managed Care Marketing at Abbott Pharmaceuticals. Her work spans public and primary payers as well as both primary care and specialty products. Leigh Ann is a frequent speaker on accountable care organizations, payment and delivery reform, and specialty pharmaceuticals/specialty pharmacy. She serves on the Duke University/Fuqua Health Care Alumni Advisory Board and is a committee member for the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP).

Leigh Ann has an MBA in health sector management from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a BS in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.