Jennifer Heenan is a consultant in Spencer Stuart’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Healthcare Practice. She has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry as a leadership and strategy consultant. In her 11-plus years at Spencer Stuart, Jennifer has partnered with a broad range of healthcare organizations including health systems, integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, payors, physician groups and healthcare associations to recruit their senior most executive leaders. She is a recipient of the firm’s prestigious Lou Rieger Quality Award for high quality client service.
Strategic Healthcare Expertise
- Jennifer has worked with some of the nation’s most influential healthcare services organizations to recruit CEOs, board directors and senior-level executives. She employs a rigorous, best practices approach to recruit high impact leaders who not only align with the role, but who will also succeed within the broader operating environment of the organization and competitive external landscape.
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Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Jennifer spent 10 years with AMC Strategies, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm specializing in strategic planning for some of the most prestigious academic medical centers and schools of medicine nationwide.
- Earlier in her career, Jennifer managed strategic planning for Huntington Hospital and Cedars-Sinai Health System.
Jennifer is a graduate of the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, where she earned an MPH from the Department of Health Policy and Management. She also holds a B.A. in urban studies and planning from the University of California, San Diego. She is a member of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Board of Advisors, Partners in Care Foundation Board and its executive committee, and UCLA Health Policy & Management Alumni Association Board and its current president.