Name: Mike Meyer
Age: you don’t want to know!
Title: Co-founder, Executive Committee Member of the Institute for Mental Health Research.
Married/Single: married.
Kids: one daughter, who thankfully got her mother’s looks.
City you live in: Scottsdale
A typical day in my life includes…
a little bit of everything! Family, work, volunteering, traveling and working on my multiple businesses. It’s different every day.
I was born…
in Queens, New York.
My favorite thing about Arizona…
is the gorgeous weather and people.
I’m currently listening to…
NPR.
My family…
vacations are my favorite times of the year!
If I could have dinner with anyone, it would be…
Angelina Jolie, but if she’s not available I’d settle for a campfire meal with Teddy Roosevelt .
One thing I cannot live without…
eating!
When I was younger, I wanted to be…
a politician and/or an astronaut. Still time for politics, but I fear I missed my window with NASA.
I’m inspired by…
people with passion and a great work ethic
The one person who motivates me is…
two, my wife and daughter.
If I could change anything in the world, it would be…
to make sure everyone has access to quality healthcare. People have a right to live!
The perfect day would be…
warm and sunny, spent with family and friends and in the evening I walk out to the mailbox and find a check for one million dollars to support the Institute for Mental Health Research.
My first job was with…
Medicus, a health care consulting firm in Chicago.
My favorite escape…
Tahoe.
My life…
is busy and challenging, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’m currently working on…
creating a new company in cancer care, and building up the Institute for Mental Health Research.
Always…
respect people.
Never…
give up.
Favorite Quote…
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, then to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much, nor suffer much, because they live in the great twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” – Teddy Roosevelt
Biggest Dream…
a seat in the U.S Senate.
My Pet Peeve…
bureaucracy.
More about Mike…
Mike Meyer has spent his career serving healthcare organizations in their strategic and human capital initiatives. Over the years he has built multiple consulting and executive search firms. Meyer is known for his work with Board- and C-Suite-level executives, his extensive network of senior healthcare executives, and his in-depth knowledge about healthcare, how it is funded and delivered, and the policy changes that drive the industry. His recruits, strategic partnerships and other consulting work have positively changed organizations, driven top- and bottom-line growth, and created new healthcare businesses.
Meyer founded Meyer Consulting in 2007 to offer healthcare organizations a consulting firm that has a unique business model encompassing executive search, strategic consulting and human capital consulting. Meyer’s current and former clients include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, MD Anderson Cancer Center, California Association of Health Plans, WIN Consortium for Personalized Cancer Medicine and numerous other academic centers, large providers, physician groups, and other for- and not-for-profit health care organizations.
Meyer is an executive committee member and co-founder of the Institute for Mental Health Research. He has been widely quoted on healthcare, mental health, and retiree topics in healthcare and general publications.
