Mary G. Henderson, Ph.D.

President

Mary Henderson is President of Health Data Management Solutions (HDMS). With over 25 years experience in healthcare, Mary has been responsible for the development, sales and marketing of numerous employer-focused decision-support data systems, and honed her mastery in the areas of healthcare data analysis, health and disability plan performance assessment, and disease and case management program evaluation.

Prior to joining HDMS, Mary was a Principal in the Chicago office of William M. Mercer, Inc. Preceding that appointment, she was a Vice President at The MEDSTAT Group, a national practice for healthcare data leader at Hewitt Associates in Lincolnshire, Illinois, and a health services researcher and faculty member for over 11 years at Brandeis University in Boston, MA.

Mary has designed data and measurement strategies that allow employers to track the success of their programs and to understand the dynamics behind their trends. She has led major data warehousing projects, and conducted evaluations of initiatives designed to improve healthcare quality while controlling costs has worked with many large employers, including General Electric, Lucent Technologies, Ford Motor Company, PepsiCo, General Motors, and Pitney Bowes.

Mary graduated summa cum laude from Temple University in Philadelphia with a B.A. in Psychology. She received her Master of Human Services Management and PhD in Health Economics from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. She has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals and speaks regularly at national and regional meetings.