Engagys

Kathleen McQuade Ellmore is a nationally recognized patient and consumer health engagement expert. She has spent over two decades helping healthcare organizations transform their companies to drive consumer behavior change, lower costs, improve health outcomes, increase revenue, and improve experience.

Currently, Kathleen is the Cofounder and Managing Partner of Engagys. A healthcare consultancy laser-focused on optimizing consumer health engagement and experience. There, Kathleen brings the best consumer marketing, behavioral science, data-driven methodologies, and clinical research to close the last mile of consumer health engagement.

She is a consultant to the first-ever FDA Patient Engagement Advisory Committee (PEAC).

Kathleen is frequently quoted in both national and trade press for her expertise. She received two Stevie awards, Maverick of the Year, Silver, and Innovator of the Year, Bronze, for highlighting the most significant challenges and opportunities for improving the lives of people with chronic conditions.

Kathleen is deeply proud of her Irish heritage, greatly influencing her work ethic, values, and approach to building strong, lasting relationships. Her mother’s and father’s families hailed from County Clare and County Cork. On a recent visit to Ireland, the first stranger that she met took one look at her and said, “Welcome Home!” Kathleen knows that if her two Irish grannies were still alive, they would be over the moon about this award.

Kathleen spent the first twenty years of her career in brand marketing at leading consumer marketing organizations, including General Mills and P&G.  Additionally, Kathleen was a Vice President at Digitas, one of the leading direct marketing firms in the country.  Kathleen has an undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern.