Full Name
Mary Anne Mason
Job Title
Chief Executive Officer
Company
Mason Strategic Advisors
Speaker Bio
Mary Anne Mason brings over three decades of experience helping healthcare companies grow,
scale, and exit successfully. Her experience spans whiteboard startups to large publicly traded
companies, including Caremark, Baxter International, and Axia Health Management, widely
known for the SilverSneakers® Fitness Program.
Mary Anne works with private equity firms as a board member and advisor to their portfolio
companies. She guides these companies to tackle strategic challenges, enhance go-to-market
strategy, attract A-player talent, connect with opportunities in the market, and accelerate
growth. She has served as an operating partner and independent director. As a “been-there-
done-that” entrepreneur, Mary Anne deeply understands the DNA of these companies and
what it takes to accelerate growth and value creation. Her unparalleled network and unique
ability to identify and foster strong relationships make her an invaluable resource.
Mary Anne served as a founding member of Axia Health Management, beginning at startup,
scaling, and later participating in the successful sale to Healthways for $450 million. She led
business development for Caremark, a company that grew from a startup physician practice
management business to $1 billion in revenue in just four years. She was general manager with
P&L responsibility for a $300 million division of Baxter International.
Mary Anne’s board service reflects her breadth across healthcare, fintech, and digital health.
She serves on the boards of Linkwell Health, a member engagement company backed by HLM
Ventures and Spark Capital; Vitality Group International, a global health and wellbeing
company; and WBL, where she is also faculty in the WBL Board Program and board advisor to
the WBL Fellows Program, an accelerator for healthcare entrepreneurs. Her prior board roles
include AccessOne, a healthcare payments platform backed by Frontier Growth that was
acquired by Phreesia, and Tridiuum, a digital behavioral health company backed by Fresenius,
Sopris Capital, and Martinson Ventures, where she served as lead independent director through
its successful exit to Lucet. Program. She is the board advisor to WBL’s Fellows Program, an accelerator for healthcare entrepreneurs.
scale, and exit successfully. Her experience spans whiteboard startups to large publicly traded
companies, including Caremark, Baxter International, and Axia Health Management, widely
known for the SilverSneakers® Fitness Program.
Mary Anne works with private equity firms as a board member and advisor to their portfolio
companies. She guides these companies to tackle strategic challenges, enhance go-to-market
strategy, attract A-player talent, connect with opportunities in the market, and accelerate
growth. She has served as an operating partner and independent director. As a “been-there-
done-that” entrepreneur, Mary Anne deeply understands the DNA of these companies and
what it takes to accelerate growth and value creation. Her unparalleled network and unique
ability to identify and foster strong relationships make her an invaluable resource.
Mary Anne served as a founding member of Axia Health Management, beginning at startup,
scaling, and later participating in the successful sale to Healthways for $450 million. She led
business development for Caremark, a company that grew from a startup physician practice
management business to $1 billion in revenue in just four years. She was general manager with
P&L responsibility for a $300 million division of Baxter International.
Mary Anne’s board service reflects her breadth across healthcare, fintech, and digital health.
She serves on the boards of Linkwell Health, a member engagement company backed by HLM
Ventures and Spark Capital; Vitality Group International, a global health and wellbeing
company; and WBL, where she is also faculty in the WBL Board Program and board advisor to
the WBL Fellows Program, an accelerator for healthcare entrepreneurs. Her prior board roles
include AccessOne, a healthcare payments platform backed by Frontier Growth that was
acquired by Phreesia, and Tridiuum, a digital behavioral health company backed by Fresenius,
Sopris Capital, and Martinson Ventures, where she served as lead independent director through
its successful exit to Lucet. Program. She is the board advisor to WBL’s Fellows Program, an accelerator for healthcare entrepreneurs.
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