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March 25, 2021 Virginia Beach, VA – Divurgent, a nationally recognized management consulting company, announced today has hired Stephanie Evans as Security and Privacy Principal to lead engagements and the development of the firm’s security practice. Stephanie’s proven ability to build and mature security-related processes, tools, and policies allow us to bring more to our clients in this important area” said Dr. Sam Hanna, EVP of Consulting & Innovation and Chief Strategy Officer. As a Divurgent leader, Evans will deliver top-tier performance across customer engagements, establish customer confidence in their security tools and processes, and strengthen Divurgent’s position in the industry as a trusted advisor in the security and privacy area. We’ve seen tremendous growth over the last several years requiring us to take an inside-outlook at the business to understand how we can continue innovating, supporting customers, and creating resilience – both in the services that we provide and the value that we create for customers,” said Divurgent CEO Colin Konschak

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Bob joins Divurgent as a key member of the executive team, where he is already making significant strides in the expansion of the firm’s payer value proposition across new clients, as well as refining Divurgent’s solution suite for payer and risk-bearing organizations. Bob has more than 25 years of experience leading clients through strategic planning and transformative initiatives, as well as software and technology innovation programs, including software, technology, delivery, premier clients, pilot programs, and partnerships and joint ventures. “Bob has brought tremendous value to the firm already,” said Sam Hanna, Executive Vice President Consulting  and Innovation and Chief Strategy Officer, “his perspective and passion for the transformation of healthcare, often driven from payer organizations, is electrifying Prior to joining Divurgent, Bob held positions at UnitedHealth Group, as Vice President, Optum Insight HIE Business Operations, and Cognizant, as Market Lead; he has held executive positions at several health plans and started his career at Accenture.

Utilizing the beCOME framework from Gavriella Schuster, we focused on four key ways we can all help drive change: Connect, Outreach, Mentor. and Empower. Most importantly, I think we can find ways in our communities to find an opportunity to mentor those that are intimidated by the STEM career path and simply talk. Emily Carlson was able to sit down with Beth O’Rorke following the panel discussion to discuss the important role Connection plays to create more seats at the table for women. About the Author Emily Carlson Vice President, Technology Emily leads both the internal Technology and Security Operations Team, as well as all client-facing solution development, delivery, and executive oversite of the Technology Team initiatives.