Making a Difference in Long-Term and Community-Based Care
Erika Sessions
I help small and growing healthcare organizations navigate the complicated regulatory and policy landscape and realize opportunities to grow.
Let me help you navigate, build, and grow your business to make a difference in our healthcare system through:
Recruitment and retention solutions
Opportunities for growth and scale
Understanding regulatory and policy requirements
Manage and finish projects
Experience
With experience as a Senior Director of Compliance & Policy Development, I led a team that conducted extensive research to identify, document, and analyze regulatory requirements for caregiver training across states, settings, and programs. I examined and promoted policy trends in long-term and community-based care settings through reports, webinars, and public speaking. Strong communication and interpersonal skills equipped me to be a mission-critical contributor at a rapidly growing company despite frequent regulatory changes and policy impacts on the industry and our customers.
I have led impact-driven initiatives to support workforce development through innovation and implementation of programs promoting career pathways for direct care workers in their pursuit of meaningful careers and employers in overcoming recruitment and retention challenges. I have designed compliance-based training and continuous improvement solutions identifying strategic opportunities in healthcare.
I oversaw work to aggregate data through a custom-designed database and reimagined workforce and career solutions based on current industry standards and best practices for home care and other healthcare verticals. I can provide real-time legislative guidance and thought leadership.
Career Highlights
Senior Director of Compliance and Policy Development, CareAcademy
Created employer-driven training programs for 500,000 direct care workers.
Researched and documented nearly 600 senior care provider types, building a comprehensive database to drive product innovation.
Implemented legislative tracking that safeguarded $1.4M in annual recurring revenue (ARR).
Used AI to achieve a 97.5% efficiency improvement in developing lead-driving webpages.
Built scalable solutions that increased state-specific employer-led senior care training programs tenfold.
Secured 34x growth in state approvals and board accreditation, enhancing program accessibility and impact.
Sales & Marketing Project Manager, Planar Systems
Forged partnerships to increase brand visibility, executing product roadshows, event sponsorships, and corporate training events.
Directed multi-department projects, delivering on time and within budget.
Regulations & Compliance Manager, IPCed
Created scalable compliance training programs for senior care, addressing state-specific requirements and approvals.
Enhanced operational workflows to optimize performance and customer satisfaction.
Notable Achievements
Secured a $1.5M CalGrows Grant to elevate workforce training for California caregivers.
Spearheaded new product innovations, including workforce development programs for recruitment, retention, and meaningful employment.
Implemented an automated regulatory alert system.
Partnered with Southern New Hampshire University to pioneer career advancement pathways for caregivers
I have extensive experience as a member of leadership teams, with a deep understanding of cross-functional collaboration to support rapid growth, scale, and deliver innovative solutions. Coordinating with stakeholders, partners, and thought leaders, I ensure companies have the resources they need to enhance our product offering, sales tools, and educational content to provide market disruption in healthcare.
Skillset
Healthcare expertise: Senior Care regulatory compliance, policy, and trends across states and settings
Training, presenting, and public speaking across complex topics and to achieve buy-in
Collaborative and engaging to execute toward the goal
Process development and implementation for operational efficiency and scalable business solutions
Auditing, risk assessment, and quality control
Data-driven decision-making, market analysis, user feedback synthesis, and performance tracking
Technical proficiencies: Microsoft Office Suite, Asana, FiscalNote, Salesforce, Quickbase
Goals
To familiarize myself with the complexities of a challenge and working thoughtfully to problem-solve in order to build and renovate the healthcare system.
To pursue change to improve care outcomes making a positive impact in the care continuum.
Partner and collaborate with others to:
Enable meaningful solutions for direct care workforce health and development.
Innovate to improve healthcare organizations, professionals, and care services.
Train and education on the accomplishments, opportunities, and challenges.
To make the complexities of the American healthcare system in long-term and community-based care more navigable.
Education
Master of science - healthcare management
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)
In this program, I acquired business management skills with a focused lens on the American healthcare system including history, current state, process and operational improvements, change leadership, and innovation for solutions.
Throughout this program, I worked independently and in teams both as a contributor and leader to analyze and implement process improvements, practice and deploy best practices in project management, and apply and strengthen corporate strategy. One of my major accomplishments was being the presenter for my team's final capstone project to our entire program and staff.
Bachelor of art - Environmental science
University of Denver (DU)
During my time at the University of Denver, I applied for many opportunities which I was awarded allowing me to research a great variety of cultures and landscapes both domestic and abroad. I was able to succeed due to my motivated, positive personality, my driving desire to learn, and my keen eye for detail. As a result of my education at DU, I developed my communication abilities, leadership skills, and adaptability in this fast-paced and dynamic environment. DU also helped forge a part of my personality centered and driven by a desire to help change the world around me. From that foundation, I opened my heart to compassion and helping change the health of our planet and population.
