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Position: Public Health Industry Lead
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Organization: Accenture
Kristin Thorn is a Managing Director in Accenture’s Health and Public Service practice and leads Accenture’s Public Health Industry for North America. She works with public sector agencies to transform to outcomes-focused, value-driven organizations leveraging program design and technology solutions to maximize performance while improving the beneficiary experience. Thorn advises on public health administration, program implementation, operational readiness and business integration strategies. Before joining Accenture, Thorn was Medicaid Director for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where she drove innovations across several key initiatives to transform delivery system models, advance payment reform, improve data and analytic capabilities, and increase program oversight. While with the Commonwealth, she also served as Director of Operations for Governor Deval Patrick.
Thorn holds a J.D. from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Spanish from Franklin and Marshall College.