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Katherine Zentner

Associate Principal
As part of Sg2 Intelligence’s Clinical Strategy Practice, Kate leads the development and delivery of Sg2’s neurosciences and spine offerings, working closely with clients to provide comprehensive research- and analytics-driven strategic intelligence and guide broader service line strategy.

In her current role, she contributes to projects including the annual development of Sg2’s Impact of Change® forecast and grouper methodology, as well as numerous white papers and service line–focused consulting engagements. She has been an invited speaker at national meetings for organizations such as the Neurosurgery Executives’ Resource Value and Education Society, the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, and Medtronic’s Neuroscience Healthcare Executive Summit. She regularly interacts with members via webinars, planning retreats and education sessions on emerging cross–service line trends as well as neurosciences- and spine-specific topics.

Previously, Kate contributed to Sg2’s behavioral health and orthopedics work and has also been published on a range of enterprise strategy topics. Prior to joining Sg2, Kate worked at Rush University Medical Center in emergency management, and also at SPM, a health care marketing and branding firm. Before transitioning into health care, Kate enjoyed a variety of roles in the arts with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Christie's Auction House, Daniel Weinberg Gallery and others.

Kate earned an MS in health systems management from Rush University in Chicago and received her BA from the University of Southern California.