Please join us for our Healthcare at Kellogg Evanston Deep Dive Alumni Networking event. We are excited to welcome Patty Riskind ‘97 MBA, VP Healthcare GTM Strategy, AvePoint for a Lakeside chat with Professor Craig Garthwaite. Due to a scheduling conflict, Helen Giza is no longer able to join us.

This alumni event coordinates with the Healthcare at Kellogg Deep Dive, an immersive program bringing together Full-time, Evening & Weekend and Executive MBA students to take classes and network together over three weekends in Evanston and Boston.

Patty Riskind is known for driving innovation and exponential growth in SaaS and services companies. She has a track record of increasing revenue by nailing product-market fit, putting the right team in place, and inspiring both employees and customers to embrace innovation. Riskind has worked directly with VC and PE investors and took a company public.Riskind is currently leading the healthcare division at AvePoint, a global data security and governance SaaS company. Prior to AvePoint, she was Board Chair and CEO of Orbita, a conversational AI, generative AI, and machine learning company that automates both administrative and clinical workflows to make navigating healthcare easier. Previously, Riskind was Head of Global Healthcare for Qualtrics, an experience management technology company. At Qualtrics she established its healthcare division and grew revenue 450% in two years.

Prior to Qualtrics, Riskind was Chief Client Experience Officer (CXO) at Press Ganey Associates, the largest patient and employee experience analytics company in the US and was responsible for a $385 million P&L. Riskind helped take Press Ganey public in 2015 for $1.35 billion and then private in 2016 for $2.35 billion. Prior to Press Ganey, Riskind was the Founder & CEO of PatientImpact LLC, the first e-survey SaaS company in the healthcare industry. Press Ganey acquired PatientImpact in 2009. In addition to Orbita, Riskind currently serves on the board of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Kellogg Healthcare Advisory Board, and as an advisor for IntusCare, a healthcare analytics company supporting PACE organizations. Previously, she served on the board of NarrativeDx and PatientWisdom, venture capital-backed entities, and the Women’s Leadership Council for Brown University. Riskind also served a three-year term as a public (non-physician) board member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) on its compensation, audit, and finance committees.

Riskind has a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Brown University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is a mom to three grown children and lives in Chicago with her dog Buster.