MARY KATE SCOTT

Mary Kate Scott is the founder and CEO of Scott & Company. Ms. Scott, a former Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company, has successfully led many corporate revitalizations and turnarounds in consumer oriented firms in health care, technology, and retail, including publicly traded companies, startup ventures, and large non-profit entities.

Mary Kate recently published Health Care in the Express Lane:  Retail Clinics go Mainstream – following Health Care in the Express Lane: The Emergence of Retail Clinics, a landmark report on the evolving retail clinic field.  These reports – commissioned and published by the California HealthCare Foundation describes the forces, technologies, regulations and companies behind the retail clinics; the different business models; what consumer needs the clinics attempt to address; and how they integrate with the wider health care system.

Mary Kate teaches The Business of Health Care and Health Care Consulting at USC's Marshall School of Business to MBA, MD, and Pharmacy students. The classes focus on industry dynamics, business models and strategies for new venture creation in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and health care technology arenas. The class provides insight into the changing health care environment as consumers make more health care decisions and payments.

MK, as she is known to her colleagues and friends, is an engaging speaker and thought leader in the health care and consumer sectors and maintains close relationships with leaders in health care technology, venture capital, business, policy, and research.