Katie Abbott, MHA, FACHE is a third generation heart-centered entrepreneur on a mission to inspire more joy, health and wellbeing in the world. A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), Katie is a visionary upstreamist thinker dedicated to identifying and healing the root causes of broken processes and systems in healthcare
With expertise in complex matrixed healthcare operations, strategic business planning, and multi-million dollar program development and implementation, Katie creates holistic solutions that drive meaningful and sustainable change. Her career is a testament to her relentless drive to simplify complexity, empower teams, and transform healthcare systems to better serve all people—especially the most vulnerable.
Katie was a key leader in designing and operating Stanford Health Care’s South Bay Cancer Center, which integrated academic medicine with community oncology. As the founding co-chair of the center’s Patient and Family Advisory Council, she helped create a center recognized globally as the “cancer center designed by patients, for patients”. Her career spans the healthcare continuum with progressive leadership roles at Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Indiana University Health.
Through her passion and expertise as a certified yoga teacher and Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Katie teaches women leaders to build an empowered relationship with their stress so they can achieve (and be present for) what matters most - without sacrificing their health, wellbeing and authenticity.
Rooted in her commitment to equity, innovation, and holistic care, Katie continues to lead with a heart-centered approach, always focused on creating systems that work with and for the people they serve. She holds a deep belief that healthcare can one day become a true sanctuary of healing.
Katie serves on the Alumni Board for Indiana University’s Fairbanks School of Public Health, is a past President of Women Health Care Executives (WHCE) and a past board member of the California Association of Healthcare Executives (CAHL).
Katie volunteers with Kara Grief as a group facilitator for children and young adults who have experienced the death of someone special, providing them the opportunity to grieve in a supportive environment.