Heidi Pandya, MHSA

Heidi has over 20 years of healthcare provider and professional service experience, with expertise in strategic planning and operational improvement. As a Senior Vice President on Kaufman Hall's Strategy team, she manages complex strategic engagements with academic medical centers, national health systems, regional health systems and community hospitals. A trusted advisor to many healthcare executives, Heidi answers challenging questions related to market relevance, sustainable growth, strategic partnerships, major investments and disruption/innovation.

Before joining Sg2/Vizient, Heidi was vice president of strategic planning for Medical City Healthcare (HCA North Texas Division). She was responsible for leading short- and long-range strategy development, executing and monitoring strategic growth and expansion across the system, and deploying the system's care at home strategy. In addition, she oversaw the teams that support system operations and strategic planning, ensuring alignment across all stakeholder groups. Previously, Heidi was a director in the strategic transformation group of the PricewaterhouseCoopers healthcare advisory division. She led various strategic planning, operational improvement and transformation engagements. She has worked with acute care providers, academic medical centers, safety net systems, children's hospitals, ambulatory networks and international health systems.

Heidi holds a master of science in healthcare administration and a bachelor of arts in business administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. She is currently on the faculty for Trinity’s healthcare administration executive program. Heidi’s passion for the outdoors has also led her to serve as a board member for the Texas Trust for Public Land, whose goal is to improve physical and mental health by bringing parks and green space into communities.