Ms. Karen Corrigan
Founder and President
Corrigan Partners

Karen Corrigan is founder and CEO of Corrigan Partners LLC, where she provides strategic planning, business development, brand and marketing counsel. Over the course of her career, she has worked as a health system executive, chief strategy officer, chief marketing executive and entrepreneur. Today, her clients include health systems, physician organizations, start-up companies, technology partners and other health industry businesses.

Prior to founding Corrigan Partners, Karen was Corporate Vice President for System Development for Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Virginia. In that role, she led development and implementation of growth strategies for the company’s inpatient, ambulatory, physician, post-acute and health plan portfolio. She previously worked at Riverside Health System in Newport News, Virginia and with Valley Health in Winchester, Virginia.

Karen is a graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College where she serves on the President’s Advisory Council, and is active in the American College of Healthcare Executives, Forum for Healthcare Strategists, Healthcare Executive Forum, and Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development. She is the lead blogger for Chief Marketing Officer, and contributing blogger for Entreprenuer.MD and HealthWorks Collective. She speaks on competitive strategy in the health industry, and has authored numerous articles, white papers and books, including The Complete Guide to Service Line Marketing (HealthLeaders Media 2010) and Impact Marketing (AHA 2004)