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Kaitlyn (Kate) Pacheco

Business professor

Education

  • M.P.H., Global Health, Boston University
  • M.B.A., Business Adminstration, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • B.A., Anthropology, University of New Mexico

Credentials

  • Part-time professor of business, 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Advisory director, strategy and growth, 2025–present, Optum Advisory (UnitedHealth Group)
  • Market portfolio strategy lead, 2023–24, ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte
  • Senior consultant, federal and commercial health, pharma, 2021–23, Deloitte Consulting
  • Process improvement specialist, 2021, Emory Winship Cancer Institute
  • Senior operations analyst, 2019–21, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Revenue integrity specialist, 2017–18
  • Qualitative data analyst, 2019, Tufts University
  • Research peer mentor, 2019–21, Lesotho Boston Health Alliance
    Program evaluator, 2018–19
  • Project and business development assistant, 2016, Trinity Consultants
  • Graduate research consultant, 2017, Boston Medical Center Dept. of Endocrinology
    Clinical research intern, 2017

Organizations

  • Startup Advisory, Startup Savannah

Publications and presentations

  • Johnson, S., Attonito, V., Pacheco, K. (May 2023). 9 Steps to Build Digital Healthcare Solutions that Meet Patient’s Growing Expectations. PM360. 2023.
  • McGuire, C., Riffenburg, K., Sebaka, M., Jack, B., Borba, C.P., (2020). Mixed-methods evaluation of family medicine research training and peer mentorship in Lesotho. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 12(1). 2020.
  • Makhele, M., McGuire, C., Jack, B., Riffenburg, K., Sebaka, M. (2020). Barriers and motivators of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program adherence among postpartum women in Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho. LMJ_September_2021.pdf (leboha.org.ls). 2020.
  • Riffenburg, K.M. Health and Healthcare Access in Maya Guatemala. Footsteps in Central Guatemala: A Traveler’s Guide to the Lake Atitlan Region, 2nd Edition. 2019.
  • Spartano, N. L. & Riffenburg, K. M. (2018). Physical activity and weight maintenance: the utility of wearable devices and mobile health technology in research and clinical settings. Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes and Obesity, 25(5), 310314. doi:10.1097/med.0000000000000433. 2018.
  • Apovian, C. M., & Riffenburg, K. M. (2017). Perspectives on the global obesity epidemic. Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes and Obesity, 24(5), 307309. doi:10.1097/med.0000000000000362. 2017.