Elena Lipson, Principal & Founder
Elena Lipson, Principal and founder
Elena’s nearly 20 years of consulting and coaching experience has afforded her an inside look at how different organizations operate and what it takes to succeed. She has worked in the public, private and non-profit sectors and supported both established and emerging companies.
Elena spent the majority of her career as a healthcare strategy and change management consultant, serving commercial, government, and non-profit clients and mentoring emerging companies. She’s had the privilege of working with hundreds of companies in the digital health and life sciences industry, supporting projects on consumer and patient engagement; telehealth; holistic wellness and nutrition; home health, caregiving and independent living; and innovations in gene therapy, oncology, medical devices, rare disease drug development, global vaccine management and AI-driven digital therapeutics and diagnostics. Elena has advised and mentored entrepreneurs and start-ups at 1776, a global incubator and seed fund located in Washington, DC., and at Women in Technology, as well as students, academics and start-ups through the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and DC I-Corps. Elena has also contributed to features in Entrepreneur, Thrive Global and Medium.
Prior to founding Mosaic Growth Partners, Elena led AARP Services' business development efforts in health and caregiving. At AARP, she was responsible for securing strategic partnerships, developing new business models and serving as an innovation champion. In this role, she built deep market knowledge and a strong industry network by working with hundreds of emerging and established companies.
Elena also spent nearly 10 years as a management consultant, primarily with Deloitte Consulting, where she led strategy, human capital and technology engagements for federal health clients and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. She also led sales and capture strategy, teaming, strategic business development and client excellence for the Department of Defense Military Health System account.
Elena is a Project Management Professional, a coach certified by the International Coach Federation, and certified Agile Scrum Master. She graduated with a Master of Public Policy from American University and a B.A. in Political Science with High Honors from the University of Michigan.
WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING
alex farcet
"We engaged Mosaic Growth Partners to support a 6-month start-up scouting engagement for a venture management firm interested in identifying potential partners and acquisitions. Elena managed a worldwide team of analysts in the U.S., Europe and Asia to identify and evaluate hundreds of start-up and emerging companies in digital health, pain management, and digestive health. The client had particularly stringent criteria for start-up prospects and the task was exceptionally challenging. Elena did an excellent job managing the dispersed team, providing her subject matter expertise to the client and communicating and delivering the final product."
— Alex Farcet, Partner, Rainmaking Innovation
LAURENT GUINAND
"Elena expertly facilitated several workshops for our client and leveraged her expertise in healthcare and aging to help them think through new business models, a partner strategy and a roadmap to execute on next steps. She was able to manage many different personalities and viewpoints and drive the team towards consensus. At the end of three days, our client was very satisfied and specifically praised Elena for her insights and guidance.”
— Laurent Guinand, Strategy and Innovation Executive
"We engaged Mosaic Growth Partners for 6 months to help us refine our federal healthcare strategy. Elena did an excellent job conducting a deep analysis of the market, potential partners, and forecasted opportunities. She also provided actionable recommendations and insights that we were able to leverage moving forward."
— Alan Hoffman, Assistant Vice President, Quality Solutions Group, National Committee for Quality Assurance
mary furlong
"I have worked closely with Elena over the past two years and she has expertly closed numerous sponsorship deals for my annual conferences. She is one of my favorite 'reverse mentors' - I always learn from her and have had her as a guest speaker for my class of young leaders at Santa Clara University. Elena is a strategic thinker and a 'doer'; she’s analytical before embarking on a task, always meets deadlines and is consistent and reliable.”
— Mary Furlong, CEO at Mary Furlong & Associates and Dean’s Executive Professor of Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University