Brenda Schmidt

Brenda is a social entrepreneur focused on improving quality and lowering healthcare costs through community-integrated healthcare. Brenda is the president of Complex, and Venture Builder, and the founder, executive chair, and director of Solera Health, a technology platform that helps people holistically manage their health through a curated network of community and digital providers.

Brenda has received numerous awards, including the MedTech Breakthrough Award for “Best MedTech CEO” in 2018, a 2019 finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year, and was named by Becker’s Hospital Review as a “Woman Health IT Leaders to Know” in 2019. She serves on the boards of the AZ Bioindustry Association, the StartUpAZ Foundation, and the City of Phoenix Business Development and Workforce Board. She teaches entrepreneurship at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service.