Bring Stephanie to your stage, or your boardroom.
Stephanie Cramer is the founder and CEO of Ladder Insights and a real-world evidence leader with fifteen years in Washington, DC healthcare. She speaks to executives, boards, founders and investors about fixing the market failures that keep good healthcare solutions from reaching patients.
Five talks, each tailored after a planning call.
For executives, boards, founders and investors.
Fixing the Market Failures in Healthcare Delivery
Good solutions stall when incentives, contracts and payment don't line up. How leaders find the real failure point and build around it.
- Tracing who pays, who benefits and who has to say yes
- Why value-based payment changes the sales conversation
- Turning a stalled market into a growth plan
Evidence That Moves Markets
How real-world data and AI are changing what payers, regulators and health systems will pay for, and how to build evidence they trust.
- What makes real-world evidence credible to payers and regulators
- Where healthcare AI adds real value, and where it adds risk
- Using better data to close gaps in maternal care
Lessons from Washington
How policy makers, payers and purchasers really decide, and what founders and executives outside the Beltway get wrong about them.
- Working with GPOs, payers and HTA agencies
- Building partnerships with advocacy groups and lawmakers
- Reading policy shifts as market signals
The Coalition Contract
Getting competitors to sign the same agreement. Lessons from aligning four life sciences companies behind one quality measure and orchestrating $300M+ in collaborations.
- Finding the shared interest before the term sheet
- Structuring deals every party can defend internally
- Keeping partners committed past signature
Be the Leader in the Room Who Understands AI
Boards are asking, vendors are pitching and teams are watching. Drawn from our Private AI Advisory program, a hands-on session on leading with AI in a regulated setting.
- Answering your board's AI questions with confidence
- Pressure-testing a vendor's AI claims before you sign
- Frame, Build, Judge, Lead: four skills of AI-fluent leaders
Also available: Operator to Owner, a fireside on doubling a firm's revenue and founding her own.
Formats for every audience.
Fees exclude travel from Sarasota, FL. A 50% deposit confirms the date; the balance is due on the event day. Custom content and recordings are quoted separately.
| Format | Length | Fee | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keynote | 30–45 min | from $7,500 | Conferences, association meetings, summits |
| Fireside chat or panel | 30–60 min | from $5,000 | Founder, investor and women-in-business events |
| Executive workshop | 90–120 min | from $10,000 | Leadership, commercial and market access teams |
| Board or leadership briefing | 60 min | from $7,500 | Growth, partnership and investment decisions |
| Virtual session or podcast | 20–60 min | from $4,000 | Webinars and virtual summits |
What organizers receive
- A planning call to tailor the session
- Title, abstract, bio and headshot in your format
- A promotional LinkedIn post before the event
- Slides shared afterward on request
Recent appearances
- August 2026 · Virtual session for a mid-sized venture capital firm
- July 2026 · Leadership briefing for a top-10 global pharmaceutical company
Short bio
Stephanie Cramer, MBA, is the founder and CEO of Ladder Insights, a Sarasota, FL healthcare innovation and strategy firm that solves market failures in healthcare delivery. Most recently Area Vice President, Real World Evidence at Komodo Health, she built her career in Washington, DC at The Advisory Board Company, Avalere Health, Premier Inc. and DrFirst, and has delivered more than $90 million in career sales.
The full bio, host introduction and career record are in the press kit.
Speaking and advisory inquiries.
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