Lisa Braude

Principal

Health Management Associates

Boston, MA

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Lisa Braude has over 25 years of experience leading the development, implementation, and improvement of high-impact public policy, health and human services, and justice projects. She has advised government and nonprofit clients on policy development and analysis as well as system redesign to support statewide healthcare reform initiatives.

Before joining Health Management Associates, Lisa provided consulting services in health policy and system redesign for clients at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. As a consultant, her work included policy reform, project leadership, strategic planning, needs assessment and readiness support, for agencies and initiatives within the Commonwealth. She also served as interim policy director for the MassHealth Office of Behavioral Health.

A capable leader, Lisa has brought her expertise to a range of senior and executive level positions. She has served in senior strategy, program development and policy roles for regional and statewide behavioral health organizations in Illinois and Massachusetts. She provided technical assistance, thought leadership, policy development and implementation support to senior team members, facilitating the successful launch and ongoing success of organizational initiatives.

During her career, much of Lisa’s work has centered on projects that increase health equity and access to care by facilitating policy conversations across multidisciplinary stakeholder representatives and using data-driven strategies to inform decision-making. She was the project director for a community hospital in Massachusetts, where she designed and implemented a program to reduce behavioral health emergency department boarding episodes. She is also a gubernatorial appointee to the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (JJAC), where she supports state budget and program decisions for multi-system involved and justice-involved youth.

Lisa earned her doctorate degree in public policy from George Washington University, where she was a senior doctoral fellow with the George Washington Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. She earned a master’s degree in sociology from Wayne State University and a bachelor’s degree, also in sociology, from Oakland University. Lisa is a Lean Six Sigma green belt in healthcare and has published articles and papers on evidence-based treatment, justice system improvements, mental health, and substance use disorders.