As CEO of Intrepid Ascent, Mark Elson leads a dynamic team empowering community collaboration for health. Each year his company builds new connections between more than 500 partners, supporting coordinated, equitable health and social services for seven million or more people. With an interdisciplinary background in anthropology, technology, and policy, Mark sparks integrated local approaches to address global challenges.
A strategic orientation that leans into emerging value, even when this challenges our assumptions about who we are and what we do and the niche we do it in, enables organizations to make distinctive contributions sought by others.
Profound opportunities and challenges are playing out at the intersection of the two.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Four modest system improvements in the U.S. are assisting with valuing and activating people’s families and support networks in health care today.