Courtney Panaia-Rodi, PMP
CEO
Courtney Panaia-Rodi is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) with over 25 years of experience in health IT (HIT), with a focus on implementing public health and HIT projects for both government and Fortune 500 contracts.
As Lantana’s CEO, Courtney oversees execution of Lantana’s strategic vision of expanding healthcare interoperability to provide safe, equitable, effective, and affordable patient care. She also provides executive and thought leadership on several projects including work with National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Courtney contributes to business development activities and provides ultimate oversight on execution of the portfolio of healthcare projects Lantana delivers.
I’d like to travel to:
New Zealand is top on my list. I want to zorb and zipline on what has been described as one of the most beautiful places on earth.
When you were 8 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A marine biologist. I was obsessed with dolphins, swimming and the ocean.
Best advice received:
Worry less about what people think of you and worry more about what you think of yourself.
If I ruled the universe:
Please don’t make me, but if I did, money wouldn’t exist and there would be encouragement to work as a community to help each other out and fix some of the toughest problems faced.
Downtime: how do you relax?
Hiking and Camping. Time with dogs.