Leadership & Advisory Board
Brent Phillips
Brent Phillips is an Advisory Board Member and Consultant for InveniasPartners. For nearly 30 years, Brent has provided mission-focused, executive leadership to some of the country's top integrated delivery systems, including over ten years at Mayo Clinic. Today, Brent serves as the President of American Health, where he leverages a distinguished career of leading US-based healthcare systems to collaborate with international partners and provide personalized solutions that improve healthcare quality around the globe.
Before leading American Health, Brent was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Monument Health, a $1.2B nonprofit health system serving patients in South Dakota and Wyoming. While at Monument, his team constructed new hospitals, clinics, expanded existing facilities, introduced new clinical services, and improved patient satisfaction, quality, safety, and caregiver empowerment.
In addition to leading a turnaround effort at Monument Health, Brent has held senior executive roles at Advocate Aurora Health and Mayo Clinic. While at Advocate Aurora Health, he served at the SVP, Medial Group Operations, and the Market President for the system's largest hospital and medical group region in Wisconsin. From 1999 to 2009, Brent held various leadership roles at Mayo Clinic, including Vice-Chair of the system's Operations Coordinating Group. Brent began his career at Sentara Healthcare, where he led operations for a 2,000 physician IPA.
Brent holds master's degrees in business administration and healthcare administration from the University of Minnesota University and a bachelor's degree in finance from Idaho State University. Brent is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and a Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE). He holds multiple United States patents on work done at Mayo Clinic and regularly speaks in the US and internationally on healthcare-related topics.