823 Advizers

Lisa

Founder & CEO

Jevan Consulting, LLC

University of Washington
Arizona State University

Lisa Risser has over 30 years of experience in financial and operational executive leadership in health systems, including oversight for supply chain, clinical, and ancillary departments.
ASU W.P. Carey School of Business

ASU W.P. Carey School of Business

Healthcare, Medical & Wellness
Consulting
Business Management & Admin
Honors Student
Took Out Loans
Worked 20+ Hours in School

Q1Career path

Healthcare Management

Executive Leadership

Hospital Administration

1:09

"responsibility of an annual budget over a billion dollars a year."

Q2Main responsibilities

Healthcare Industry

Leadership

Business Strategy

1:05

"I'm responsible for oversight... for hospitals and health systems as well as advisory services for healthcare startups."

Q3Day in the life

Planning

Executive/Leadership

Strategy

1:13

"I spend most of my time actually meeting with CEOs for healthcare companies and helping them with their strategies."

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Leadership

1:20

"Being part of a team and really supporting other people, supporting your team, giving them the feedback and the support that they need."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Mentorship

Business Strategy

Leadership

0:56

"I left the corporate world a year and a half ago to start my own thing because I really wanna help multiple organizations."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Leadership

Team Management

Project Management

0:56

"It's a lot of balls up in the air and just making sure I don't let any of 'em drop."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Healthcare

Startups

Helping People

0:54

"it's about helping people, and especially helping people when they're the most vulnerable."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Teamwork

Communication

Empathy

1:19

"Being able to relate to others at all different levels of organization, all different levels of educational backgrounds and so forth... really helps you to thrive."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Bureaucracy

Healthcare Industry

Stress Management

2:07

"The level of stress in healthcare is very, very high...you have to have very good abilities to manage in a stressful environment."

Q10Entry-level positions

Healthcare Management

Career Growth

Entry-Level Positions

2:44

"Your career is a marathon. It's not a race."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Leadership

Financial Acumen

Risk Taking

2:08

"A lot of times people avoid difficult conversations or conflicts, and I never, and I didn't do that. And that was a great learning for me."

Q12College ideas for success

Accounting and Finance

Teamwork

Business Education

1:19

"Accounting and finance in college, whatever your degree is absolutely helps you with whatever you want to do. I think that knowledge base,"

Q14Most impactful experience at W.P. Carey

Work Ethic

Collaboration

Teamwork

2:27

"It's not a short term issue. People always remember things like that."