Helen Tanner, PA-C, MPAS, MPH, is a clinician executive who built the clinical function at a venture-backed healthcare startup from seed through Series B: validating the care model, scaling the clinical teams, and hiring leaders across the company. One third of her hires grew into leadership within their first year.

Helen Tanner, PA-C, MPAS, MPH, is a clinician executive who built the clinical function at a venture-backed healthcare startup from seed through Series B: validating the care model, scaling the clinical teams, and hiring leaders across the company. One third of her hires grew into leadership within their first year. She now hosts The Early Hires, the only podcast dedicated to clinician leaders in healthcare startups, and advises health tech companies on clinical strategy and clinician adoption. Helen speaks on what it actually takes for clinicians to lead in startup environments, from equity and titles to building teams that stay. She also loves conversations about career development, leadership, and women's leadership (she completed Harvard's Emerging Women Executives program), and helping others find their next step. Find her at theearlyhires.com.