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Brett Graham
W. Brett Graham is a Managing Director at Leavitt Partners. Founded by former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and EPA Administrator Michael O. Leavitt, the partnership advises clients in the practice areas of health, environment and trade. As a Managing Director, Graham helps clients enter new markets, enhance the value of their products, navigate dynamic regulatory and reimbursement systems. Graham also directs Leavitt Partners interaction with public equity investment managers.
Prior to joining Leavitt Partners, Graham led the operations and sale of a regional administrator of self-funded benefit plans to Meritain Health. Following the transaction, he led the post-merger integration and was a member of Meritain’s strategy team.
Before his time at Meritain Health, he worked as a Vice President at UnitedHealth Group within the Ingenix business unit. Graham joined the business development and strategic planning team where he was responsible for conducting analysis on acquisitions and strategic partnerships during a period of hyper-growth where Ingenix completed 26 acquisitions and grew from $280 Million to $1 billion in revenue. Later he formed the market research team that developed competitive intelligence. Graham moved to operations and was the business leader for Ingenix’s pricing databases (i.e. MDR & PHCS) where he was responsible for working with large payers to aggregate and analyze claims data.
Graham also served as a Management Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group where he worked with senior business leaders to develop growth strategies for Fortune 100 clients. His clients were in highly regulated industries with global operations.
He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a Masters of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Utah. While a student at the University of Utah, he was elected Student body President and served on the University Board of Trustees.
Graham married the former Sara Pingree and they reside with their three sons and two daughters in Holladay, Utah. Weekends are spent shuttling to and from sporting events, music lessons, and dance recitals. Whenever possible, they venture into Utah’s beautiful outdoors for recreational skiing, waterskiing, hiking and camping.