About Us

Kathleen Hoza Lysak

Kathleen Lysak founded Clarity Healthcare, Inc. in 2000 to demonstrate that even the most complex and difficult problems can best be addressed using simple approaches. As President of Clarity Healthcare, Inc., Kathleen has successfully applied this philosophy with clients that have included health care providers, payors, and government health and human service agencies.

The development of this approach grew out of her experience working for several of the major stakeholders within the health care system, which gave her a unique ability to see the whole picture when addressing the challenges of working and managing in the health care system.

Kathleen was a hospital administrator for ten years, serving as Vice President for Professional Services at a community hospital, and Administrator/CEO of a county-owned specialized hospital. Kathleen has also held positions in a federal health agency and a large health insurance company, in addition to positions with large consulting firms.

Drawing on her broad experience, Kathleen developed a series of innovative tools for health care surge capacity planning. She also developed a series of planning kits for community-based pandemic influenza planning.

Ms. Lysak recent partnered with Greg Paoli to establish Clarity Healthcare Systems, LLC, an organization dedicated to developing desktop and web-based planning tools to address complex needs.

Ms. Lysak has an MBA in Health Care Management from the Wharton School of Business, and an AB degree from Princeton University.

Greg Paoli

Greg Paoli leads Decision and Risk Consulting, Inc. a firm specializing
in risk assessment and risk management in the fields of public health
and safety. They have developed a variety of simulation models and
web-based tools to support public health decisions. These tools have
been applied in a variety of fields including infection control in
hospitals, public health system responses to bioterrorism events, food
safety, and air and water quality. Their clients include the US Food
and Drug Administration, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service,
the Department of Homeland Defense, Health Canada and the World Health
Organization.

Greg has served on a number of expert panels, including committees of
the Institute of Medicine, the Food and Drug Administration, Health
Canada and the World Health Organization. He is currently serving on
the National Academies’ Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches
used by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Kathleen and Greg are supported by a team of specialists in simulation,
infectious disease modeling, web-based data management and custom
scientific programming.