Brenda Gleason

Brenda Gleason, M.A., M.P.H., is the president and founder of M2 Health Care Consulting, a strategic policy and communications consulting firm. Prior to founding M2 in 2005, she co-ran a hedge fund focused on merger arbitrage in New York and was the vice president of Healthcare Markets for Informed Decisions, which set up the first point-of-care e-prescribing platform used by a state Medicaid agency. From 2012 to 2014, Ms. Gleason served as special adviser to the Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange. She is adjunct faculty at the American University School of Public Affairs and Professorial Lecturer at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. She earned an M.A. from Boston College and an M.P.H. from Boston University.