President
Community Health Strategies LLC
Ms. Avni Patel Shridharani is the founder of Community Health Strategies, LLC, a boutique firm that provides customized consulting services for health centers and other mission-oriented organizations.
Based on her reputation as a trustworthy, innovative, and impact-driven partner, she has built her business through client referrals. She is well known for her highly engaging facilitation style, data-driven analysis, and results-oriented clarity.
Prior to launching her own firm, she was the Chief Strategy Officer for Marana Health, as well as a member of the senior executive team of the HHS/HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care. Ms. Shridharani has noteworthy health policy experience that resulted in the passage of reimbursement legislation for community health workers in Minnesota and the Affordable Care Act. She served top-performing hospitals as a Business Intelligence consultant with the Advisory Board Company.
Ms. Shridharani holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a Master’s Degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She was a Policy Fellow with the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affair’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance and a graduate of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma’s Global Mental Health Certificate Program.
Saturday, August 16, 2025
8:30 AM - 2:45 PM CT