Artemis Welcomes Leigh Starr as Executive Vice President for Health Services
Artemis Welcomes Leigh Starr as Executive Vice President for Health Services
Leigh M. Starr, MHA, FACHE, LSSBB, Prosci® CCMP has joined Artemis as Executive Vice President for Health Services, expanding our leadership team dedicated to advancing transformation and performance across the federal health landscape.
Leigh will oversee Artemis’s health-focused programs and partnerships such as task orders secured through the VA Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 vehicle. She will guide strategic initiatives that improve outcomes, strengthen operations, and enhance patient and provider experiences. She will also play a key role in expanding the company’s quality improvement and change management capabilities across federal health care systems.
Leigh joins Artemis following a distinguished 28-year career in federal health leadership. Most recently, she served as the National Director for High Reliability Enterprise Support at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), leading a $35 million national program to implement and sustain high reliability practices across 170+ medical centers and 1,380 VA facilities. Her prior roles include Deputy Director of VHA Systems Redesign and Improvement within the VHA Office of Quality and Patient Safety, and leadership positions across multiple VHA organizations and operational levels. In parallel with her VA service, Leigh also retired as a Medical Service Corps Officer from the U.S. Air Force Reserve as the Senior Administrator (Individual Mobilization Augmentee) supporting the readiness and medical operations of a 1,000-member hospital group. During her military career, spanning active duty and reserve assignments, she also co-led activation of an Air Force Reserve Aerospace Medicine Squadron.
“Leigh brings a rare combination of operational depth, transformational leadership and mission focus,” said Aly Glick, Artemis President. “Her experience leading large-scale change within the Veterans Health Administration and the Military Health System directly aligns with our commitment to advancing reliable, people-centered health systems across government.”
In addition to being an Air Force Veteran, Leigh is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds additional certifications as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Change Management Practitioner. She is a published author and frequent presenter on high reliability and health care transformation, with recent contributions to the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management and Journal of Healthcare Management.