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Kara Guerriero, MPH

President

Kara Guerriero, MPH

President

Kara Sweeney Guerriero has more than fifteen years' experience in alliance and business development, non-profit/association management, community engagement, and leadership development. Having worked with organizations across the healthcare sector – with state/federal government agencies, non-profits, industry, hospitals and health systems, and community organizations, she utilizes this multi-disciplinary experience to operationalize ideas, make connections and incite change.

Prior to starting Incite Consulting Solutions, Guerriero served as Vice President for Membership and Corporate Relations for the National Council for Behavioral Health, the nation’s leading voice on mental health and addictions treatment where she was responsible for driving membership and revenue growth, developing and engaging corporate partnerships. She also served as Regional Manager for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, overseeing the development and growth of the NAMIWALKS program across the country and as Director of Affiliate Development at NAMI Massachusetts where she led grassroots organizing efforts, managed fundraising and board engagement.

Kara received a Master in Public Health from the Boston University School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College in Illinois. She serves on the Board of Directors for NAMI Charlotte and Monarch, a community behavioral healthcare organization based in Albemarle, NC.

Chuck Guerriero

Chief Strategy Officer


Chuck Guerierro


Chief Strategy Officer

Chuck Guerriero joined INCITE Consulting Solutions in 2016 as Chief Strategy Officer, leading initiatives around strategy, business development, client and partner engagement.

Guerriero is a registered pharmacist with experience in retail and hospital pharmacy, followed by more than thirty years with Eli Lilly and Company, working in sales, training, management, and marketing. Guerriero led Eli Lilly’s strategy development in the managed healthcare business, transitioning to a position with PCS Health Systems, a pharmacy benefits management company, launching the first disease state management programs. The remainder of his career, Guerriero spent with Eli Lilly government affairs at both state and national levels, focused on protecting the most fragile populations, marked by the inclusion of the dual eligibles in the Medicare Part D drug benefit created in 2004.

Since 2007, Guerriero has been focused on healthcare, education, business, and community development consulting. He is a graduate of the Long Island University Brooklyn College of Pharmacy. 

Laura Galbreath, MPP

Senior Consultant, Healthcare Innovation

Laura Galbreath, MPP

Chief Strategy Officer

Laura Galbreath believes there’s nothing better than when teams achieve those “ah ha” moments that lead to successful organizational changes, stakeholder buy-in, and improved patient and community outcomes. As a Senior Consultant of Healthcare Innovation with INCITE Consulting Solutions, Laura works with clients to achieve those “ah-ha” moments.

Her experience and skill at leading teams through healthcare policy changes, implementing new strategic initiatives, and building connections has informed her 15+ year career in behavioral health. Prior to her work with INCITE Consulting Solutions, Laura served as Vice President and Director of the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions at the National Council for Behavioral Health. She led the development of the first national center dedicated to integrated primary and behavioral health care. Through her leadership, the Center developed practical tools and provided individualized consultation; making it easier for busy safety-net organizations to make sense of policy changes and implement the changes needed for integrated care to work. At the same time, she ensured that lessons learned from on-the-ground implementation informed federal regulatory and policy changes.

Laura received a Master in Public Policy from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Central Florida. Outside of work, Laura is an avid traveler who is still working on the art of traveling with only a carry-on suitcase. She’s a life-long learner and is currently studying Russian so she can communicate with extended family members.

Erin Black

Senior Consultant, Strategy & Business Operations

Erin Black

Senior Consultant, Strategy & Business Operations

Erin Black comes to INCITE Consulting Solutions as a 21 year veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Erin is a strong leader with extensive experience in project management and has brought her passion for building teams (both big and small) to solving unique problems in diverse and complex environments. During her time in the Marine Corps she had considerable and far-reaching responsibilities leading projects ranging from managing an aircraft detachment deployed to Afghanistan to developing assessment criteria and then executing an evaluation of multi-national training exercises in eastern Europe. She excels at taking an idea and turning it into a quantifiable long-range actionable plan. She is skilled at connecting details and creating a comprehensive multi-dimensional program which meets client goals and is flexible enough to adjust to new directions or changing needs. 

Erin earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Stanford University in Human Biology with a concentration in Religion in Urban Studies and Race Relations.  She was an AH-1W pilot, a UC-12W pilot, Communications Officer, and Western European Foreign Area Officer in the United States Marine Corps, has her private pilot’s license and multi-engine pilot certificate, and completed Expeditionary Warfare School and Command and Staff College. Erin brings robust leadership and training experience and skills, a passion for people, fresh ideas and a different perspective on how to tackle today’s health care challenges.

Emma Smith, MPH

Director of Operations

Emma Smith, MPH

Director of Operations

As Director of Operations for Incite Consulting Solutions, Emma Smith is responsible for operationalizing business goals and building project management infrastructures that support the organization and client specific projects. She has nearly 20 years of experience in project management, including budget development and monitoring, oversight of government contract and cooperative agreement deliverables, grant writing, and subcontractor supervision.

Emma was previously the Project Manager for the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS), run by the National Council for Behavioral Health. She served as the task lead for training and technical assistance activities provided to SAMHSA-funded organizations. Prior to CIHS, Emma was Program Manager for the National Association of County and City Health Officials as well as the American Lung Association of the District of Columbia. Her background includes primary and behavioral healthcare integration; tobacco control, chronic disease prevention, and other evidenced-based wellness programming; cultural and linguistic competency; and quality improvement.

Emma holds a Master of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education and a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology and Sociology from the University of Michigan.

Kara Guerriero, MPH

President

Kara Guerriero, MPH

President

Kara Sweeney Guerriero has more than fifteen years' experience in alliance and business development, non-profit/association management, community engagement, and leadership development. Having worked with organizations across the healthcare sector – with state/federal government agencies, non-profits, industry, hospitals and health systems, and community organizations, she utilizes this multi-disciplinary experience to operationalize ideas, make connections and incite change.

Prior to starting Incite Consulting Solutions, Guerriero served as Vice President for Membership and Corporate Relations for the National Council for Behavioral Health, the nation’s leading voice on mental health and addictions treatment where she was responsible for driving membership and revenue growth, developing and engaging corporate partnerships. She also served as Regional Manager for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, overseeing the development and growth of the NAMIWALKS program across the country and as Director of Affiliate Development at NAMI Massachusetts where she led grassroots organizing efforts, managed fundraising and board engagement.

Kara received a Master in Public Health from the Boston University School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College in Illinois. She serves on the Board of Directors for NAMI Charlotte and Monarch, a community behavioral healthcare organization based in Albemarle, NC.

Chuck Guerriero, MPH

Chief Strategy Officer

Chuck Guerierro, MPH

Chief Strategy Officer

Chuck Guerriero joined INCITE Consulting Solutions in 2016 as Chief Strategy Officer, leading initiatives around strategy, business development, client and partner engagement.

Guerriero is a registered pharmacist with experience in retail and hospital pharmacy, followed by more than thirty years with Eli Lilly and Company, working in sales, training, management, and marketing. Guerriero led Eli Lilly’s strategy development in the managed healthcare business, transitioning to a position with PCS Health Systems, a pharmacy benefits management company, launching the first disease state management programs. The remainder of his career, Guerriero spent with Eli Lilly government affairs at both state and national levels, focused on protecting the most fragile populations, marked by the inclusion of the dual eligibles in the Medicare Part D drug benefit created in 2004.

Since 2007, Guerriero has been focused on healthcare, education, business, and community development consulting. He is a graduate of the Long Island University Brooklyn College of Pharmacy. 

Laura Galbreath, MPP

Senior Consultant, Healthcare Innovation

Laura Galbreath, MPP

Chief Strategy Officer

Laura Galbreath believes there’s nothing better than when teams achieve those “ah ha” moments that lead to successful organizational changes, stakeholder buy-in, and improved patient and community outcomes. As a Senior Consultant of Healthcare Innovation with INCITE Consulting Solutions, Laura works with clients to achieve those “ah-ha” moments.

Her experience and skill at leading teams through healthcare policy changes, implementing new strategic initiatives, and building connections has informed her 15+ year career in behavioral health. Prior to her work with INCITE Consulting Solutions, Laura served as Vice President and Director of the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions at the National Council for Behavioral Health. She led the development of the first national center dedicated to integrated primary and behavioral health care. Through her leadership, the Center developed practical tools and provided individualized consultation; making it easier for busy safety-net organizations to make sense of policy changes and implement the changes needed for integrated care to work. At the same time, she ensured that lessons learned from on-the-ground implementation informed federal regulatory and policy changes.

Laura received a Master in Public Policy from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Central Florida. Outside of work, Laura is an avid traveler who is still working on the art of traveling with only a carry-on suitcase. She’s a life-long learner and is currently studying Russian so she can communicate with extended family members.

Erin Black

Senior Consultant, Strategy & Business Operations

Erin Black

Senior Consultant, Strategy & Business Operations

Erin Black comes to INCITE Consulting Solutions as a 21 year veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Erin is a strong leader with extensive experience in project management and has brought her passion for building teams (both big and small) to solving unique problems in diverse and complex environments. During her time in the Marine Corps she had considerable and far-reaching responsibilities leading projects ranging from managing an aircraft detachment deployed to Afghanistan to developing assessment criteria and then executing an evaluation of multi-national training exercises in eastern Europe. She excels at taking an idea and turning it into a quantifiable long-range actionable plan. She is skilled at connecting details and creating a comprehensive multi-dimensional program which meets client goals and is flexible enough to adjust to new directions or changing needs. 

Erin earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Stanford University in Human Biology with a concentration in Religion in Urban Studies and Race Relations.  She was an AH-1W pilot, a UC-12W pilot, Communications Officer, and Western European Foreign Area Officer in the United States Marine Corps, has her private pilot’s license and multi-engine pilot certificate, and completed Expeditionary Warfare School and Command and Staff College. Erin brings robust leadership and training experience and skills, a passion for people, fresh ideas and a different perspective on how to tackle today’s health care challenges.

Emma Smith, MPH

Director of Operations

Emma Smith, MPH

Director of Operations

As Director of Operations for Incite Consulting Solutions, Emma Smith is responsible for operationalizing business goals and building project management infrastructures that support the organization and client specific projects. She has nearly 20 years of experience in project management, including budget development and monitoring, oversight of government contract and cooperative agreement deliverables, grant writing, and subcontractor supervision.

Emma was previously the Project Manager for the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS), run by the National Council for Behavioral Health. She served as the task lead for training and technical assistance activities provided to SAMHSA-funded organizations. Prior to CIHS, Emma was Program Manager for the National Association of County and City Health Officials as well as the American Lung Association of the District of Columbia. Her background includes primary and behavioral healthcare integration; tobacco control, chronic disease prevention, and other evidenced-based wellness programming; cultural and linguistic competency; and quality improvement.

Emma holds a Master of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education and a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology and Sociology from the University of Michigan.

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