MEGHAN FITZGERALD began her career on the front lines of patient care before pivoting into strategic and operating roles throughout the Fortune 500 at companies like Merck, Pfizer, Medco Health Solutions and Cardinal Health. Today she is a managing partner in a $25B global private equity firm where she leads their healthcare investment strategies; an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and a board member for Tenet Health, Seniorlink, ABB Optical, K2 Health Ventures, and Destination Pet.

"Meghan FitzGerald's personal narrative through American healthcare's corporate corridors--with her occasional yet inevitable stumbles and struggles--provides valuable insight into what it takes to rise above the madding crowd. At the same time she peppers her story with generous and helpful advice to other ambitious leaders planning their ascent up the corporate ladder." —PETER ARNO Senior Fellow and Director of Health Policy Research at the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass-Amherst; Author of Against the Odds: The Story of AIDS Drug Development, Politics and Profits, nominated for Pulitzer Prize

• Earning a Seat on the Global Stage SECTION I: THE CAREGIVER The First Rung SECTION II: THE HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE Stepping Up When It’s Working, Then Not SECTION III: THE ACADEMIC Keep Learning SECTION IV: THE DEALMAKER Reaching the Peak SECTION V: THE ADVOCATE Building “Team Meg” Your Health—Part of the Compensation Package Back to Where It All Started ABOUT THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MEGHAN FITZGERALD began her career on the front lines of patient care before pivoting into strategic and operating roles throughout the Fortune 500 at companies like Merck, Pfizer, Medco Health Solutions and Cardinal Health. Today she is a managing partner in a $25B global private equity firm where she leads their healthcare investment strategies; an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and a board member for Tenet Health, Seniorlink, ABB Optical, K2 Health Ventures, and Destination Pet.

"Meghan FitzGerald's personal narrative through American healthcare's corporate corridors--with her occasional yet inevitable stumbles and struggles--provides valuable insight into what it takes to rise above the madding crowd. At the same time she peppers her story with generous and helpful advice to other ambitious leaders planning their ascent up the corporate ladder." —PETER ARNO Senior Fellow and Director of Health Policy Research at the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass-Amherst; Author of Against the Odds: The Story of AIDS Drug Development, Politics and Profits, nominated for Pulitzer Prize

• Earning a Seat on the Global Stage SECTION I: THE CAREGIVER The First Rung SECTION II: THE HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE Stepping Up When It’s Working, Then Not SECTION III: THE ACADEMIC Keep Learning SECTION IV: THE DEALMAKER Reaching the Peak SECTION V: THE ADVOCATE Building “Team Meg” Your Health—Part of the Compensation Package Back to Where It All Started ABOUT THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MEGHAN FITZGERALD began her career on the front lines of patient care before pivoting into strategic and operating roles throughout the Fortune 500 at companies like Merck, Pfizer, Medco Health Solutions and Cardinal Health. Today she is a managing partner in a $25B global private equity firm where she leads their healthcare investment strategies; an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and a board member for Tenet Health, Seniorlink, ABB Optical, K2 Health Ventures, and Destination Pet.

"Meghan FitzGerald's personal narrative through American healthcare's corporate corridors--with her occasional yet inevitable stumbles and struggles--provides valuable insight into what it takes to rise above the madding crowd. At the same time she peppers her story with generous and helpful advice to other ambitious leaders planning their ascent up the corporate ladder." —PETER ARNO Senior Fellow and Director of Health Policy Research at the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass-Amherst; Author of Against the Odds: The Story of AIDS Drug Development, Politics and Profits, nominated for Pulitzer Prize

• Earning a Seat on the Global Stage SECTION I: THE CAREGIVER The First Rung SECTION II: THE HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE Stepping Up When It’s Working, Then Not SECTION III: THE ACADEMIC Keep Learning SECTION IV: THE DEALMAKER Reaching the Peak SECTION V: THE ADVOCATE Building “Team Meg” Your Health—Part of the Compensation Package Back to Where It All Started ABOUT THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS