Healthcare practitioners of all specialties use our information services and products to help them succeed. Quality products, talented people, robust markets - these are the elements of a successful company.
Just as Practice Builders specializes in growing, empowering and guiding healthcare practitioners, our talented management team is here to grow, empower and guide Practice Builders in a dynamic environment that adapts to our clients' needs.
Joel Ellis - President
Originally joining Practice Builders as Vice President of Consulting Services in 2003, Joel brings over 20 years of experience in strategic healthcare marketing planning to his role as President. Joel's marketing expertise includes almost every medical specialty, dentistry and physical therapy. As President of Practice Builders, Joel is responsible for establishing the company's vision and managing a staff of several dozen marketing communications professionals to align themselves accordingly and ensure the best possible experience for a Practice Builders client. Joel is also charged with ensuring that Practice Builders maintains its position as the nation's leader in private practice healthcare marketing. This is accomplished not only by the effective management of the entire Practice Builders team, but also by establishing and maintaining alliances with multiple divisions of Ascend Media and other strategic partners. Joel received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from the University of Wyoming.
Nina Grant - Vice President, Client Service
As a member of Practice Builder’s team since 1997, Nina's extensive health care marketing experience includes expertise in health care practice management, managed care, hospital and medical group marketing, and continuing medical education marketing. Her role at Practice Builders includes oversight of all service line development and management to ensure client success. This includes oversight of our extensive advertising agency, which includes branded collateral and ad campaigns, internet marketing, training, media, market research, public relations, and consulting. Additionally, Nina oversees corporate relations, as it links to alignments with medical device, equipment, pharmaceutical and practice management strategic alliance development. Nina received her undergraduate degree in health care management from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Graduate Business Education from the prestigious Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University's Health Care Marketing MBA Program.
Ascend Media
Practice Builders is a subsidiary of Ascend Media, a leading publisher of more than 70 medical and business-to-business publications. Ascend Media was formed in 2002 by Cameron Bishop, President & CEO; in partnership with J.P. Morgan Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson.
Ascend Media, LLC Headquarters Office: 11600 College Blvd. Overland Park, KS 66210 913-469-1110 fax 913-469-0806
- Vicki Masseria - President & CEO
- Mark Brockelman - SVP/CFO
- Roger Dusing - VP Human Resources