The people closing access gaps in health
Vision to Venture Foundation is led by a team committed to operational philanthropy. We bring together expertise in healthcare, nonprofit operations, policy, and entrepreneurship to close access gaps that traditional approaches have failed to address.
Doug McCormack brings 35 years of experience at the intersection of health care policy, law, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship. He has founded, led, and chaired three venture-backed technology companies in orthopedic medical devices, digital health, and robotics. In 2013, Fierce Medical Devices named him to its “Fierce 15” list of CEOs in the medical devices industry.
Before his entrepreneurial career, Doug spent fifteen years in law, policy, and advocacy. He was a partner at Dentons and earlier an associate at ArentFox Schiff, where his work included extensive engagement with philanthropic leaders in helping them achieve their organization’s objectives. Doug currently serves as Founder and CEO of Acumen Partners, an advisory firm focused on corporate development, M&A, and strategic guidance for health care organizations.
He also serves as Chairman of MedMatrix Rx, a management services organization that offers pharmacy care cost-containment programs, and as Chairman of Arbitrage Diagnostics, an oncology-focused diagnostic company developing personalized medicine treatment solutions. Doug holds degrees from the University of Southern California and American University’s Washington College of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia and has completed coursework in artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
Catriona Macdonald has spent three decades advocating for vulnerable populations in Washington, D.C. Her Capitol Hill experience includes working for Senator Edward Kennedy on the Senate Labor Committee, staffing domestic social issues and appropriations for Congressman Steny Hoyer, and serving as Legislative Director for Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. Catriona specializes in leveraging private philanthropy alongside public resources to amplify program impact. She has extensive expertise in early childhood education, leading advocacy efforts on behalf of a coalition of the Gates, Buffett, Pritzker, Kellogg, and George Kaiser Foundations, to increase investment in Head Start and Early Head Start by $6 billion.
Catriona is President of Linchpin Strategies, a policy and advocacy firm that she founded in 2004. She holds degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Our board possesses diverse expertise in healthcare, philanthropy, policy, and operations. They provide strategic guidance and governance while we do the operational work of closing access gaps.
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Vision to Venture Foundation is growing. We seek people committed to operational solutions, rigorous measurement, and closing access gaps in health.
